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… between some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny … interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these relationships.  … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the … is triggered when nutrients are acquired from an external source.  The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes … and his patent has proven difficult to reproduce. While scientists and biotechnological engineers all over the world …

… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … and the biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial … superphylum of extremophilic archaea first outlined by JGI scientists and their collaborators in 2013. While most DPANN …

… “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant … comprise a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how …

… regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how beneficial organisms … effort led by researchers at Cornell University and scientists at the Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of … As these oil-producing fungi are potential sustainable sources of alternative fuels, so understanding …

… approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program (ETOP) , … functions in processes ranging from nutrient cycling to plant health and growth. Developing a scalable computational … Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. …