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… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers … online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … called metagenome binning, we were able to reconstruct thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) directly …

… 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: Hey there, and welcome to the … right. So I did a PhD in microbiology at MIT, and I studied microbial ecology. I studied Vibrio species in the ocean, so …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in … Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over … crops because it leads to reduced harvest yields. Over thousands of years, farmers have selected for cereal plants …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … her institution and Bioenergy Research Centers. Sogin is a microbial ecologist at UC Merced, where her group focuses on … His lab is interested in how microbial communities can efficiently degrade complex polymers that are not easy to …