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… Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is wilder than ever. Imagine researchers … falls within that single beam. When it comes to microbial communities, scientists have historically been unable to see … this metagenomic space (the ‘unknown unknowns’) was vastly greater than that of the reference genomes — by at least …

… have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … (KBase) . Metagenomics is the study of the microbial communities in the environmental samples without needing to … for more robust analyses by adding the MAGs. “This is a great resource for the community,” Konstantinidis added. …

… of diverse chemical products at volumetric productivities greater than the source strains. (Blake Rasor) Think of … CRISPR-Cas9 that enhanced their ability to redirect the carbon in the cells toward particular pathways. In this … longer growing,” Rasor said. “So they can push more of the carbon that we feed into a product molecule and so we’re …

… of this giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the … Group to better understand what this sulfur-oxidizing, carbon fixing bacterium was doing in the mangroves. … in coastal sediments,” said Woyke, who also heads the JGI’s Microbial Program and is one of the article’s senior …

… a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the … single-stranded DNA genomes and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not sure why we systematically manage to miss … “We can now start inquiring into their impact on microbial communities in the environment and also those associated …

… in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria … first to dig into a forest floor ecosystem to discover what carbon- and nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes are abundant, and … they belong. This study provides further insights into the microbial involvement in carbon and nitrogen cycling and …

… Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from … of bioinformatics tools for  extracting snippets of microbial genomes directly from environmental sequence data, … as high as 80°C (~190°F), yet microbes thrive here. The communities in this extreme environment are often less …

… a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … this may be the first publicly available, river-focused microbial resource that provides information at multiple … and maintaining the health of these systems, these communities remain understudied. Through the JGI’s Community …

… Northern Arizona University Interrogating the microscopic communities at work around the globe Keynote Talk Title : “Wild Microbial Ecology” Microbial ecologist  Bruce Hungate , of … understanding of organisms, and new views of how nutrients cycle through ecosystems. Of course, some of those …

… Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing … issue of Nature Microbiology , they mined the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database maintained … for the anaerobic oxidation of methane, a subject of great interest in environmental and evolutionary …