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… Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … has a number of applications, including pain relief. The microbes in cone snails may be involved in venom activity, … has started, known as the Initiative for Venom Associated Microbes and Parasites. Ul-Hasan credits her JGI-UC Merced …

… Protein annotations provide insights into environmental … more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein … measure the collection of the microbiome’s genetic makeup. Microbes have specific tetranucleotide frequencies, and an …

… Novel archaeal lineage found in Yellowstone may have been important in early … conditions. Additionally, high-temperature (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number … may have been important to the early evolution of these microbes. …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling of nutrients in these systems.” -Mike …

… Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms … This research was supported in part by the Allen Distinguished Investigator Program, …

… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a … fungi (mutualist symbionts that induce structural changes in plant roots),  M. elongata  doesn’t have as many … communication between the plant and fungus. Discovering how microbes can influence plant physiology helps scientists …

… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — … and carbon storage — skills that matter increasingly as the climate warms. However, these are complicated interactions … said. An effort called the 1000 Fungal Genomes project changed that. This is a multi-year project in collaboration …

… Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of … work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport canals. …

… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … very cutting edge and I am happy to be a part of a positive change in science.” Mentor: Zhong Wang Project: “ Improving …

… genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common images in many regions due to more extreme … of water than the leaves. The team found sets of genes that change their expression in the same manner in the two …

… Cas14 proteins discovered from JGI’s IMG/M database and biochemically … to be unearthed in sequencing and analyzing uncultivated microbes. Summary The CRISPR-Cas system is an immune … viruses and phages. In the event of a new infection, the microbes use the genetic information encoded in CRISPR …

… Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like popcorn is literally growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the … Science “The results described in this  Nature Genetics publication will facilitate deeper understanding of cotton …