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Digging into Microbial Ecosystems Deep Underground
… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient … about the microbial communities deep underground, and before the pandemic, they took the JGI on a sampling field … initiative called Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) . Through FICUS, the researchers …
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Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacterial and Archaeal Type Strains, Phase III: the genomes of soil and plant-associated and newly described type strains
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In depth metagenomic analysis in contrasting oil wells reveals syntrophic bacterial and archaeal associations for oil biodegradation in petroleum reservoirs
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Gene and transcript abundances of bacterial type III secretion systems from the rumen microbiome are correlated with methane yield in sheep
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IMG-ABC: new features for bacterial secondary metabolism analysis and targeted biosynthetic gene cluster discovery in thousands of microbial genomes
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High-quality PacBio draft genome sequences of 17 free-living Bradyrhizobium and four related Nitrobacteraceae strains isolated from arid soils in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Southern Arizona
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Computationally Classifying Fungal Lifestyles
… Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal … known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning about the … Genomes Project, which aims to provide a reference genome for each of the fungal families. Researchers had access to …
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Picking Up Threads of Cotton Genomics
… Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineages . Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like … , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new … that kind of diversity in the wild in cotton. And this is amazing to me for a species that was so widely distributed.” …
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Expanding Virophage Diversity
… are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages … & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which includes  IMG/VR (for Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …
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Calculating the Costs of Multiple Switchgrass Gene Copies
… led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of … natural sampling and field experiments due to its potential for habitat restoration and as a feedstock for biomass-based …
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The fungus that made itself at home
… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new ecological habitat. The Science By comparing genetic information from similar organisms, researchers have gained … rot Serpula lacrymans towards breaking down plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and …
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JGI@25: The Little Alga That Could
… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying photosynthesis and cell motility. It’s also a … a Harvard postdoc. While she had intended to work on cyanobacteria, fate stepped in when a fire at the lab relegated …
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