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… issue of Nature Microbiology , they mined the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database maintained … that methanogenesis is one of the oldest metabolisms, with the first traces possibly at ~3.5 Gy (billion years),” … genes for both pathways had never been observed in a single microbial population until now. Ca.   M. washburnensis was …

… Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Recently, Lawrence, in collaboration with researchers from ORNL, Lawrence Berkeley National … of biology and computer science, to reveal clues about how microbial and bacteria communities influence the … Zhong.”   Publication: Carrell AA et al. Habitat-adapted microbial communities mediate Sphagnum peatmoss resilience …

… stable isotope probing (DNA SIP) relies on incubating DNA with isotopically-labeled compounds to link active microbes with specific metabolic processes. A third approach steps … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

… these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, researchers have found more of … evaluates multiple predictions to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts. The Impact Within the … opens the possibility of using phages to engineer microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost …

… an interactive public database for the research community. With more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of … experience in developing a secondary metabolites portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system known as …

… of 100 times the size of what has typically been associated with viruses, while the genomes of large viruses may be only … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly … and the Georgia Institute of Technology focused on microbial communities from freshwater ecosystems, including, …

… JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further …     Mo Kaze, UC Merced JGI Mentor : Susannah Tringe, Microbial Systems Group “Everyone here is very kind and … their work. It’s fun to be around people who are generous with their time and like nerding out about the big stuff, …

… from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on their …

… in urine to create hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was … partnership that combines the JGI’s genomic capabilities with the Foundry’s nanoscale materials research. As … million annually.  The team is working on developing new microbial strains that can synthesize other bio-based …

… pin down.  Photosynthesis appears to have a lot in common with a Rube Goldberg machine: surprising dependencies, … on this structure, Grosjean and Blaby-Haas collaborated with a range of researchers across the Albert Einstein … the instrumentation — but the experts we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and …

… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can … Over time, MGEs can help microbes gain a competitive edge within an ecosystem. They influence the composition of the …

… two polysaccharides can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: … down hemicellulose. The authors think this might have to do with the differences in lifestyle: honey bees need ample …