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… and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of … are likely to infect, and (iii) identifying the genetic traits of the viruses to better understand their roles and … for one field of research can be harnessed elsewhere. In a  2019 paper , the team applied computational methods and …

… will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature Microbiology , a team led by scientists at … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, developed an algorithm that a computer could … are in every major microbial habitat—including soil, water, and humans—around the world. By the numbers, the new …

… have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with … DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their DNA can be tested for the isotope, which … after incubating microbial communities with labeled food or water, the microbial DNA is manually separated into a few …

From 2012 to 2016, in Florida alone this disease caused an estimated $4 billion in losses. Currently, ninety … orange is able to resist citrus greening disease, which causes fruit to go unripened and a blotchy yellowing of … and analyzing the genome in order to find the genetic traits responsible for  P. trifoliata ’s hardiness, …

… “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, who heads JGI’s User Programs. “These PIs have proposed research that … and I look forward to seeing their outcomes.” The annual CSP call is focused on large-scale genomic science projects …

Institute and the collaborative projects funded through the CSP program. In addition to continuing to develop strategies …

… by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the filamentous fungus  Neurospora crassa, and to … a Joint Genome Institute Community Science Program grant (CSP 982), and funds from the Fred E. Dickinson Chair of Wood …