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Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine … The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet …

RIViT-seq technology could speed up associating transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory …

CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, … (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a …

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and … The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) …

Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a … set a reference for its performance, and then applied it to environmental samples from the Great Boiling Spring …

A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after … a wildfire. The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately … to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  …

Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a … a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers …

JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky … viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome …