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… expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of … are filamentous viruses with small, single-stranded DNA genomes and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not … affecting the microbe’s own eukaryote host. As their small genomes can be easily manipulated through genetic …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. … Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea … Nature Microbiology , they mined the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database maintained by the …

… On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted … one JGI mentor. Together, they work through a specific project that aligns with each intern’s interests or … in some cases daily, check-ins with their mentors to ensure projects progressed despite the challenges of remote work. …

… that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  announced in  Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c … the amount of DNA that can be inserted at a time. In a  project detailed in  ACS Synthetic Biology , Yoshikuni and …

… In this episode, hear from Kasey and Patrick about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's …

… Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a large number of secondary metabolites yet to be discovered and their … a given BGC in various hosts, availability of sequenced genomes, and computing resources needed to predict BGCs from …