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… and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected place: … in oceans or soils.  A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, scientists can better understand ecosystem-wide processes. …

… bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria … and Saganbacteria were named for Carl Sagan, a renowned science popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the … of UC Berkeley geomicrobiologist Jill Banfield, a longtime JGI collaborator, postdoctoral fellow Paula Matheus …

… helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a … is a long and laborious process — as well as a key way scientists study microorganisms. Because microorganisms live … HT-SIP is a capability available to request through  the JGI proposal calls . … Work at Lawrence Livermore National …

Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …