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… their ratios of small DNA sequence fragments called tetranucleotides, are a way to measure the collection of the … microbiome’s genetic makeup. Microbes have specific tetranucleotide frequencies, and an area’s environment hosts … This implies that microbiome (metagenome) tetranucleotide frequencies will be specific to the environment.  …

… carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be … energy-generating peat from these boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. … work (proposal no. 10.46936/10.25585/60001030) (A.J.S.) conducted by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome …

… between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for … stable isotope probing (SIP) proved to vastly reduce labor and improve results. Applying this method to the … applications in industry and biotechnology for the production of  clean energy . Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal …

… DNA sequence binning algorithms, allowing them to reconstruct more near-complete genomes from soil metagenomes … researchers with the ability to recover and reconstruct individual genomes, particularly from incredibly complex soil microbial communities, is crucial to understanding how these microbes respond and adapt …

… sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for … genetic architecture with Y chromosomes in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact … Understanding the mechanisms by which they reproduce can help guide breeding efforts. For example, …

… The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… multiple omics methods to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria in the genus Streptomyces … Streptomyces coelicolor to activate multiple chemical production pathways. By tracking gene activity and chemical … blocks and regulatory machinery toward chemical production — a coordinated response that had never been mapped …

… also shows the younger meadows in the Atlantic ocean are much less diverse than their Pacific Ocean ancestors — … was previously inaccessible due to Arctic ice.  However, much of eelgrass’s colonization in the Atlantic ocean … The work (proposal 10.46936/10.25585/60000773) conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. … division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant matter, and bacteria are … and transcriptome information allowed the team to have a much more comprehensive picture of microbial genes in the …

… enabled contribute to the development of bio-based products and next-generation technologies, and toward a secure … early-career scientists and unconventional sample types such as low-biomass samples and host-associated holobionts. … he aims to contribute to the JGI’s vision and future success in meeting the needs of its broad user base and …

… studies of energy metabolism. The Science Researchers produced nearly 10,000 new annotations of fungal mitochondrial … genomes — the DNA found inside mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells. This is the largest dataset of its … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… recently published work on the JGI Plant Gene Atlas in  Nucleic Acids Research . The project spans 15 years and … databases with large-scale transcriptome projects such as Expression Atlas and PPRD could help with … from the initial team contributed additional sample sets, such as sorghum internode time course data from 4 different …