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… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even … and activity of phytoplankton genes and looking at how communities of these microalgae interact, researchers have … collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, … of that machine — photosynthesizers’ DNA and RNA. These sequences provide a list of machine parts, and an idea of … the cell, Grosjean used the JGI-developed  guideRNA and Sequence Extraction Tool (gRNA-SeqRET) to produce knock-out …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

… This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s … UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on this alga, how researchers managed to sequence its genome, and what it has to teach us about other …

… strengthens -omics technologies at the JGI by identifying the actual molecules present in an environment that influence system behavior.  Through this identification, … Find more details on the instrumentation we use and our methodology for metabolite … Read more about our submission guidelines, what you can expect from your results as well as our …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … also helped track and characterize the shifting waves of microbial communities involved in removing different fractions of the …

… P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga … in the Arctic, and how different types of microbes form communities. As temperatures fluctuate, salt levels change … exhibited significant stress with a higher proportion of dead cells recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, …

… JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in … of all the other letters of the alphabet. Yet the specific sequence of these four letters represents an organism’s … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …