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… time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. … comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one of the two main … Fungus Genome on MycoCosm data portal …

… first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those virus-host interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a … effort, researchers have identified a protein in soil viruses that may promote soil health. The work was enabled in … Research (BER) and is a contribution of the Scientific Focus Area “Phenotypic response of the soil microbiome to …

… all that it has contributed, and what they’re excited about in JGI’s future. Find recordings and recaps of these … to be junk DNA, so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources to sequence it,” Patrinos said. After many … of a genomic arms race as they recognized the private industry’s interest in simultaneously sequencing the human …

… to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental sustainability, and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing … genomic potential into practical applications, including sustainable biofuels, biomaterials, natural products, and … biodegradation and biogeochemistry. The program’s focus is on large-scale sequencing efforts that survey the vast …

… genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing approaches including … the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from agriculture to biotechnology and … tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of thousands of previously unknown and uncultivated microbes …

… method of traditional shotgun metagenomics. One approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort … a recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach … reconstructing genomes directly from the environment and focuses on sequence reads to link mobile elements such as …

… of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… Dan Rokhsar Simon Roux Asaf Salamov Jeremy Schmutz Susannah Tringe Tanja Woyke Below are a few projects each of … Chen ,  Natalia Ivanova ,  Nikos Kyrpides ,  Simon Roux , Susannah Tringe , and Tanja Woyke  were part of a “big data” … and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass  Miscanthus sinensis in  Nature Communications.  The reference genome …

… Simon Roux (Cross-field)  Jeremy Schmutz (Cross-field)  Susannah Tringe (Microbiology)  Tanja Woyke (Biology and Biochemistry)  Here’s a selection of studies these busy bees contributed to:  Giant bacteria visible to the … : Under the umbrella of the GEBA, the JGI is sequencing thousands of bacterial and archaeal genomes from diverse …