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… entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can … Resource (IMG/VR) , now with more than 15 million viral genomes. It was also key to developing the first version of …

… the dynamic relationship between poplar trees and their microbial partners. The Science To help better understand … processes for the first time. By collecting data from 27 different poplar ( Populus trichocarpa ) trees, as … (Berkeley Lab). All of this information — 318 metagenomes, 98 plant transcriptomes and 314 metabolomic …

… cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and … consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples and cultivated microbes, …

Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort … world’s river microbiomes. And they’re using team science to do it.   …

As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a coral host, a photosynthetic microalgae, and a little-characterized … corals, it might be their microbes, including their photosynthetic partner, that help them take the heat. …

… one-third of human-created methane emissions actually come from livestock — specifically, from the methane-making … has partnered with researchers around the world to map out genomes of rumen microbes. In 2018, through a JGI Community … aim is identifying chemical compounds that could inhibit microbial methane production. Another effort is in using …