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… first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those virus-host interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a … Research (BER) and is a contribution of the Scientific Focus Area “Phenotypic response of the soil microbiome to … a project award ( https://doi.org/10.46936/cpcy.proj.2021.60161/60000437 ) under the FICUS program to JEM and used …

… Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth … the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he developed a high … bacterial cells and amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. …

… technology has changed dramatically over the last  25-plus years since the JGI’s inception, making it possible for … computing infrastructure and analysis. This way, JGI users — both primary, data-generating users, as well as … , the JGI — along with the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing …

… genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing approaches including … the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from agriculture to biotechnology and … A few years ago, a candidate bacterial lineage was identified from microbial and metagenome sequence data sets …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is triggered when nutrients are … continued to seek other ways to make morels fruit under artificial environments, a technique to supply exogenous … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the fungus Olpidium is a link in … describes the effort that led to the work published in Scientific Reports . Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many … at the time. Following the publication of their paper in 2011, Dr. Sekimoto from University of British Columbia and …

… off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and … californiae , and Piromyces finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. … proposal. The next step for the team was to try to identify what natural products the fungi were making. So, Trent …

… a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays … called zealexins. Even though scientists have identified at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced …

… insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions … metabolisms is “vastly underestimated.” In the March 4, 2019, issue of Nature Microbiology , they mined the … and short-chain alkane oxidation metabolisms. They also identified a set of 38 marker genes that serve as a core set of …

… to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  announced in  … is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. Using CRAGE, JGI has established a portfolio of microbial …

… Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversity. To answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” … will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature Microbiology , a team led by scientists at … databases. In this case, the machine “learned” to identify a certain type of bacterial viruses or phages called …