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… The Science Haloarchaea flourish in hypersaline environments, and researchers are interested in learning how … learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline conditions by studying the microbial communities in Antarctic lakes, some … across East Antarctica. The implications of the current study are important both to understanding genomic variation …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, he served as a … genomic resources that fostered the widespread adoption of Brachypodium distachyon as an experimental model for the grasses. In addition to … Brachypodium distachyon is a small annual grass that is well suited to …

… reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency declared the North Railroad … Science Program , they were able to analyze the resulting metagenomic data. (Data from the project are available on …

… never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus trifoliata , it’s an evolutionary cousin of the  … JGI collaborator, are senior authors of the  recent study published in  The Plant Journal.  this study included the discovery of candidate genes that confer …

… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct … SAR324 exist in so many varied environments? Now, a recent study published in Microbiome has uncovered that SAR324 … SAR324 is able to influence this carbon pool. Summary To study the lifestyles of SAR324, lead author Dominique Boeuf …

… tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar trees and their microbial partners. … managed through human intervention. By leveraging metagenomics, scientists were able to analyze the DNA of … Finally, using transcriptomics, researchers were able to study which of the trees were turned on or off in response …

… This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring … bacterium's entire metabolism for chemical production, the study provides a blueprint that engineers can use to design … specialty materials and high-value bioproducts. This study offers a template — integrative analysis of multiple …

… biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth … now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE … researchers with a powerful addition to their toolkit to study gene function. As a demonstration, the researchers …

… recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local … biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of the study. “For that, it’s necessary to have the plant’s genome … a longtime JGI collaborator and a senior author on this study. The use of switchgrass as a feedstock for …

… prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with … an interactive browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these microbes. The Impact This study illustrates how the research community brings together …

… is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant … His group also handles the Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline  that reveals in situ functional …

… hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they … but these symbiotic interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  … Investigator Program, through The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, the National Science Foundation (MCB-1244557 …