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… Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, … soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take a look at …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … ) conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was recently selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …

… Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … work was partially supported by awards from US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

… The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory protein. Researchers demonstrated … This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Contract No. …

… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break … The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …