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… have found that there is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in … activity, Baldrian’s team distinguished four specific habitats within the forest floor: the leaf litter on top of … The transcriptome data had suggested about a 50/50 split between fungal and bacterial enzymes. Yet, they found …

… available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) platform. Nikos Kyrpides and  Simon Roux … relationships, and how the mutualistic associations allow host plants to acquire nutrients. The papers appeared in  …

… a specific enzyme, Methylthio-alkane Reductase (MAR) in host bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum . Their work in Nature … Lab’s spectroscopic characterization revealed similarity between MAR and nitrogenase in both folding and …

… piece was written by Call, a postdoctoral fellow in the JGI Microbiome Data Science Group led by Kyrpides. Since early …

… into the genome. “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel … coli , allowing the team to model the competition dynamics between different synthetic  E. coli strains in co-culture. … have also harnessed CRAGE to create a plant-fertilizing microbiome. In work  reported in  Applied and Environmental …

… and how these conditions impact the crop and its microbiome. For three consecutive years (2016-2018), … by drought is associated with the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), …

… similarity yet drastically different fiber morphology between domesticated ( Gossypium hirsutum, G. barbadense ) … Science “The results described in this  Nature Genetics publication will facilitate deeper understanding of cotton …

… many varied environments? Now, a recent study published in Microbiome has uncovered that SAR324 encompasses four … , and relying on the JGI Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system . By analyzing the metagenomes, …

… enzymes discovered in extreme environments to engineered microbiomes that accelerate biomass processing. This year’s … Network (NEON) in collaboration with the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) to produce open …

… Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using …