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Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in … can be further explored for novel functions. In the current study, the team combined the CETCH cycle with a …

… genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and Antarctica. A  new analysis … the family tree for Lentinula. Within those samples, this study also tracks the enzymes these fungi use to break down …

Marcel is in charge of several production pipelines (gene calling, functional annotation and methylomics) that run on microbial genomes and metagenomes. He also works on automating intra-department …

… marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of … ocean known as “The Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic …

… other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.  The Impact … chemicals not typically found in oceans or soils.  A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class … nitrogen, and break down organic and inorganic compounds. Studying their diverse metabolic capabilities offer insights …

… is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant bacterial …

JGI mentors to investigate rigorous research projects, hone science presentation skills, and participate in professional development … … Evaluation of Binning Tools for Microbial Eukaryotes in Metagenomes … Functional exploration of Phage Impact on …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason for studying rumen: Livestock live off plant matter, and their … of rumen microorganisms . Thanks to the breadth of this study, researchers around the world are continuing to build …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as … and  I. europaea  genomes sequenced and annotated for this study. The team found that, unlike pathogenic or mycorrhizal …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the … of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to leverage …

Joint Genome Institute works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in … Communication Manager Sarah Sharman recently interviewed study first author Avinash Sreedasyam, a HudsonAlpha senior … studies. We also looked at the cross-species comparable study, where plants were subjected to three nitrogen sources …

In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those … and replicating with their host indefinitely. Now, in studying a microbial mat from Cone Pool in Mono County, … on culturing virus and host pairs in the laboratory to study their interactions. This work,  recently published in  …