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… two polysaccharides can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees … down hemicellulose. The authors think this might have to do with the differences in lifestyle: honey bees need ample … and analyzing the honey bee gut metagenome, which was done with the help of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… and characterized a novel phylum-level lineage of archaea with at least two major subgroups dubbed Marsarchaeota. The … lineages found there and elsewhere provide researchers with insights into the evolution of life on Earth. For … team had previously identified and characterized, also with JGI’s help. Additionally, the Marsarchaeota comprise …

… researchers investigated the role that bacteria living within a host (endosymbionts) have on fungal host … genes they regulate. The bacterial endosymbiont, Burkholderia , is recognized as a mutualist, where both species … was predicted to have evolved from a parasitic interaction with their soil fungus host, Rhizopus microsporus . …

… of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a fight, but it’s an important battle to fine-tune. … the energy they store.      Since 2012, O’Malley has worked with the JGI to understand the enzymes these organisms use … a rumen sample, you’re going to find beautiful diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and …

… Zerbe of the University of California, Davis. “The work with JGI was one of the first things we actually started … blends of terpenoids, naturally occurring organic chemicals with a wide range of potential applications. Q&A from the … if it can be done.  After the technical review, proposals with feasibility notes go to peer review, which is very …

… simulation and coarse-graining of biological complexity with NFsim. Nature Methods 8, 177–183 (2011).  … Selected Publications …

… species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 … out. The work on single cells was done in collaboration with scientists Tanja Woyke and Rex Malmstrom at the U.S. … chemicals instead of light. Boeuf pointed out that, without the JGI, the discoveries made in this project …

… to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate them with their microbial hosts. However, assembling viral … on one or both sides by genes from the host organism. With the virus-host boundary clearly defined using … in the viral genome versus those from the host organism. Without this prediction step, numerous genes for antibiotic …

… inside the host’s genome, living quietly and replicating with their host indefinitely. Now, in studying a microbial … strategy of lysogeny. The ability of the virus to tag along with the host has earned this strategy a riff, developed by … strategy makes sense in a terrestrial environment with low mobility. The metagenomic data suggests that …

… Photobiont and fungus (mycobiont) live intertwined, with the photobiont transferring part of its … . To explore the genomes, Armaleo and colleagues worked with Igor Grigoriev, the Fungal & Algal Program lead at the …

… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have collaborated with global researchers on projects related to understanding … of the JGI’s  Microbiome Data Science , leads one project with JGI colleagues Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux. Kyrpides … Program aims to better understand the viruses that coexist with humans – the “healthy” human virome - not just those …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome … program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light and temperature oscillations throughout the day. … Selected Publications …