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Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough … Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those … send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks …

Nowadays, Session is an Assistant Professor at Binghamton University in New York. He and Rokhsar have  recently … Session and Rokhsar, building on work with former JGI postdoc Jarrod Chapman, developed a method to correctly … the complicated evolutionary history of strawberry in such detail is biologically interesting,” Session said.  The …

JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of … of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority not harmful to humans could be even larger. Viruses infect bacteria, … everywhere, comparatively little is known about viruses, much less those considered large and giant. In a recent …

… that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet technology in order to enhance the quality of single-cell genomes and directly … information with individual cells. Research Team    … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope … making quantitative measurements that answer questions such as, “who is eating what?” and “who is active? … The JGI …

… chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play an outsize role in cycling carbon and … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … zinc-binding proteins are important for primary metabolism such as photosynthesis and gene regulation.  Mock and his …

By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle carbon in … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their … branches of fungi); another is a photosynthetic microbe, tucked in the fungus’ tissue. If you’re a Marvel Comics fan, … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and …

… how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at … new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much more comprehensive understanding of how a fundamental …