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The JGI welcomes three new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland … who studies sediment-dwelling archaea, expressed his interest in giving a voice to JGI users who feel that … he said in his candidate statement. “I want to help JGI find a solution to this problem.” He also wants to assist …

… exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When … approach to better understand microbial communities by looking at protein function within them. The work was led by … sequencing allows researchers to study the entire genetic makeup of these communities via whole genome …

… (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on … and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and genetic basis of functional traits in sphagnum growth and … pathway, but also have genes for sulfide oxidation. The findings lead them to speculate that these microbes could …

Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over … of a novel archaeum from a hot spring that has the genetic machinery to perform hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis … archaeum is a member of the Verstraetearchaeota, and the finding lends credence to the idea that the hydrogenotrophic …