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… are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant … yet abundant subsurface organisms was  recently reported in Nature Communications. The work was co-led by … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). To learn more about how microbial populations respond to virus infections, …

… they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal … new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers used population genomics to find that while archaeal … cycling across the planet. Summary To understand more about how archaeal hosts and hitchhikers coexist, …

… achievements in science, technology, and diversity/inclusion by the annual  HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice … JGI, ESnet are U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facilities. The HPCwire Editors Choice Award for Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences went to the Berkeley Lab team …

… crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … Carey, now at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, reported that high quality genome references are now … HudsonAlpha. As the team discussed in a JGI podcast episode about the work, the effort to fully sequence the fire moss …

… part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences, among the interns were two … groups, respectively. Each of the interns spoke briefly about their time at the JGI at … Merced Genomics Distinguished Graduate Internship Program, Susannah Tringe and Axel Visel hosted Imelda Forteza and …

… enzyme family evolved across 90 species. “One unique thing about this work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, … nitrogen metabolisms can be so varied.  As evolution has progressed, organisms have developed metabolisms that …

… able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of …

… exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that … Prospective users are always welcome to contact one of us about possible proposals if it’s different from what is on …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays … scientists have identified at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced … scientists a bigger bang for their buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in the evolution and transition of … the effort that led to the work published in Scientific Reports . Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure …

… The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin and transform the remaining … into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make …

… but is not well understood in fungi. A team of researchers reported on the largest analysis of 5mC distribution across … the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office …