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… single drop of water could outnumber a small city’s population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority … to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the size of what has typically … with viruses, while the genomes of large viruses may be only 10 times larger. And yet, while they are found …

Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals … of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). They were selected through …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. … Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the genetic blueprints of these photosynthetic organisms. PhycoCosm is one of the largest data repositories of its kind, with an …

The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. … Science Interested in the genomes of algae? You now have one place where you can browse the genetic blueprints of these photosynthetic organisms. PhycoCosm is one of the largest data repositories of its kind, with an …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their works-in-progress with 86 participants in …

… fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 were silent. Twenty years … after the JGI united the genomics expertise of three national labs in one long building at Walnut Creek, after …

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

… chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene expression as it grows back vigorously year after year (perenniality). The Impact Among the long-term aims for bioenergy feedstock crops are …

… of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab), have taken stock of the … the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a … is still unknown.  “We took a deep dive into over 1.8 million bacterial and archaeal genomes to see how much of their …

… metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell genomics by collecting … cell genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing approaches …

… benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver water and nutrients. In order to do …