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… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, the cells of other organisms. … can do. For example, understanding virus-host dynamics in soil microbiomes could allow for more accurate ecosystem …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Welcome back to Natural … Craig – but forming those concepts of what natural product studies look like. And so, I enjoyed your talk today. It was …

… host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … example” of how a 1000 Fungal Genomes project can enable studies of plant root microbiome and other microbiomes by … key community participants and enabling future metagenomics studies.   …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … to highlighting many viruses simultaneously, these genomic studies provide information about virus hosts. As a result, …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … M. polymorpha has been used as a model for evolutionary studies. Its place among early-diverging plant lineages makes it ideal for comparative genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for roles …

… SIP labwork and analysis can be very demanding.  The JGI offers SIP analysis to make these experiments accessible to … more reusable, and more insightful, for the future of studying microbial communities.   …

… for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide advanced genomic … expertise to support the global research community in studies of complex biological and environmental systems. We …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … are affected by warming events. More time-series studies could help researchers improve predictive models on … This preliminary model aligns with several other studies on the potential effects of warming oceans on the …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … intricate connections, and many, many moving parts. A lot of these moving parts are proteins — amino acid structures …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … which affects a number of environments, including plants, soil, and the gut. To better understand the dynamics of this … Summary From digestive tracts to plant surfaces and soil, bacteria live in complex and varied conditions. A …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  Brad Moore, UC San Diego and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (Courtesy of B. Moore) DAN: This is the …