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… analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a … mutually beneficial to antagonistic. In fungi, 5mC is often found in transposable elements or transposons that can move … DNA and transposons in methylated cytosine clusters (MCCs – similar to the MAC clusters for 6mA), rather than in genes, …

… and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra …

… to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce … genomes (MAGs) dubbed Margulisbacteria, and had found they were closely related to another group of MAGs … researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Microbial Genome Program head Tanja Woyke of the U.S. …

… not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost plant-microbe … of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research, Early Career Research Program awarded …

… tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar trees and their microbial partners. The Science To help better understand … molecules produced by the trees and associated microbial communities. This revealed key metabolic pathways and …

… 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 …

… The JGI’s Genomes OnLine Database celebrates 25 years as a vital resource for … are accessible on JGI data portals including the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, enhancing … a broad range of activities from proposal intake to publication. Information is also obtained and cross-checked …

… projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national … Nevada mountain range since 2014 to learn more about the microbial responses and feedbacks to warming through the …

… tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, … in developing and maintaining the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomics and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. The … human virome - not just those associated with disease, similar to how the Human Microbiome Project has shed light …

… benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less … Within that activity, Serrano, Cole and their team found over 1,000 upregulated genes, 188 of which were shared … will also include targeting biofuel feedstocks in similar studies. “We would like to look at arbuscular …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( … corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize … out. Interestingly, the enzymes the team uncovered were found in multiple, semi-redundant clusters on different …