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… now I’m working on this the afternoon of the day I’m due to release it, which is not ideal for me keeping myself on my self-imposed schedule. So, we’ll have to see if I’m going to slip a day on releasing it into the … cluster with me because it turns out that oftentimes in bacterial genomes if you have a quorum sensing system or the …

… DAN UDWARY: Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural Prodcast. A … I’m off schedule, but this is an important one that wanted to get out there as soon as possible. Not one of our normal … million BGCs in the database on the release, and that’s the bacterial stuff. Could be more. [CHUCKLES] I’m not quite …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 … five were from undersampled or previously undescribed lineages, and the other five only distantly related to known … “Distribution of predominant high-temperature archaeal and bacterial lineages in Yellowstone National Park,” as well as …

… Congratulations to Tanja Woyke, who has been awarded the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! … International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Due to the ongoing pandemic, Woyke will receive the prize at a …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the … analyzed or published.  The purpose of the program is to: Build curiosity and illustrate the value of comparative genomic analysis Expose students to peer review process, conveys responsibility and …

… Though visible to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity … the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even lighter … delicately above the leaf debris are revealed to be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel … is only available for a fraction of extant actinobacterial diversity. The article adds to the compendium … , we hope the analysis of the sample origins of novel lineages elicits interest in cultivation efforts targeting …

… in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and … announced in  Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c …

… for fundamental growth, provide critical advantages to the organisms producing them, and are often involved in … products and bioenergy crop enhancement. The program aims to tap into the largely unexplored biochemical diversity within … bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. These compounds are key to organisms' interactions with their environments and with …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a … Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (grid.436923.9), which are DOE Office of Science User …