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… event in the ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the … colleagues collected more than 270 water samples. Genomic DNA extracted from the water samples were sequenced by the … carbon and nutrient flux in marine microbial communities. Using the JGI-generated data, Sachia Traving, a former …

… only curates sequencing projects carried out at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a … information, or metadata, stored with them. GOLD provides manually curated metadata resources for organisms and … a broad range of activities from proposal intake to publication. Information is also obtained and cross-checked …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows … to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an … For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific …

… tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even lighter threads in the mix. But in the … along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the cytoplasm of their cells. This … Volland said. “In terms of metabolism, it does chemosynthesis, which is a process analogous to photosynthesis …

… From August 21-23, 2023, attendees joined the JGI Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment … of invited speakers shared how research infrastructure – DNA sequencing, synthesis, metabolomics, data analysis, and new technology … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… interactions between microbial life and environment, and using metagenomics to study these complex natural systems. … communities living in hard-to-reach places that are considered to be inhospitable to humans are of particular …

… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant … viruses. Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… more and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, … regulated by viruses in their environments. Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of … host organism. With the virus-host boundary clearly defined using functional annotation methods, it was possible to …

… Genome Institute, Dr. Cole’s research focus has been on understanding how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In addition, Dr. Cole is focusing on how individual plant cells respond to their biotic …