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… Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect … a cysteine protease involved in capsid maturation. Recently reported in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department … virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, including over 28,000 …

… The practices that support agriculture – such as efficiently using dwindling water resources and restoring and maintaining healthy soils – are at the heart of sustaining food and bioenergy security for a steadily growing … population. Anuvia Plant Nutrients , a small Florida business producing bio-based plant nutrition products that …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …

… have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue of Microbiome . High-throughput stable isotope … The Impact Stable isotope probing is a long and laborious process — as well as a key way scientists study …

… Laboratory, believes they can. And, what’s more, that using gene editing technology to conscientiously mix traits of different plant species will help us get there. …

… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions is part of the … efficacy of RIViT-seq, researchers recently characterized 12 sigma factors and were able to identify the associated …

…   This highly hands-on workshop is designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes … wealth of public microbiome sequence data and enables the user to analyze these data with existing bioinformatic …

… bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things … collaborators Sinead Leahy (New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre) and Bill Kelly (AgResearch). …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, the … microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of viruses impact many ecological processes, including carbon …

… novel technique to access high-quality genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from individual … Other firsts followed. The next year, the JGI team reported the first closed and finished genome derived from … genomes that were mapped to nearly 30 major previously uncharted branches of the tree of life. Used in tandem over …

… (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene Expression Center, … Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … For that reason, its genome was sequenced by the JGI in 2009 and it is considered to be a Flagship Plant. By …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal Nature . The mushroom has a symbiotic relationship with the poplar, a JGI …