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… livestock — specifically, from the methane-making microbes within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason … aim is identifying chemical compounds that could inhibit microbial methane production. Another effort is in using microbial understanding to formulate a vaccine for …

… will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by …

… next-generation feedstocks through CRISPR-edited poplars with optimized lignin, engineering heat-resilient algae for … and developing RNA barcoding systems to optimize microbial bioreactors. This genomic research creates new … to unravel functional capabilities of plants, microbes and microbial communities, and understanding of natural …

… Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers whose work aligns with … metatranscriptomics and genome assembly to investigate microbial and plant metabolism across diverse ecosystems — … including biological routes for critical minerals recovery, microbial pathways for high-value bioproducts, and …

… 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us …

… underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire …

… over 10k samples/year, Dr. Louie and her team work with other JGI scientists in development of new, advanced … DNA-SIP for helping identify active micro-organisms within complex communities, and custom software for integrating metabolomics with genomic data (MAGI) for functional annotation and …

… a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi … return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting microbial genes with functions useful for forest recovery, …

… because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material … began to offer a window into viral existence. Along with highlighting the viruses in a given sample, … 16. The same year, the JGI expanded its existing Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes database to include a …

… that reveals in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within complex communities.  The Microscale Applications … and enable processing of samples that would not be possible with traditional approaches. … Volland et al. 2022.   A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA contained in metabolically active, membrane-bound …

… to energy independence in the U.S. Not only does it pair with maize, the dominant source of bioethanol, in crop … doesn’t yield enough gallons of fuel per acre to compete with gasoline. Yet.  In 2010, soybean became the first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. At the …

… further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not … payloads directly into diverse microbes. Combining CRAGE with CRISPR provides researchers with a powerful addition to … that produce them. The Impact Secondary metabolites are microbial compounds produced in response to hardship or …