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… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer … processes. A third approach steps away from reconstructing genomes directly from the environment and focuses on … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

… a secondary metabolites portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system known as IMG-ABC. … of Energy Joint Genome Institute (https:// ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is …

… crop. In 2018, the JGI had sequenced and assembled the genomes of two varieties of a close relative and model … on two types of naturally occurring switchgrass, those with 4 copies of the genome (4X) and those with eight copies … switchgrass has become an important species whose complex genomes are helping breeders understand how they can boost …

… across the species. These are primarily tetraploids (4X or four copies of the genome) and octoploids (8X or eight copies of the genome). Lovell et al. focused on the 4X variety, largely because it’s been prioritized in … After our team finished analyzing the diversity present in 4X switchgrass, we were surprised by the number of 8X …

… event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers … Blob.” The event was recorded during a long-term study of microbial communities in the northeastern subarctic Pacific Ocean. The Impact The microbial communities in the ocean drive the biological pump …

… Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using metagenomics to study these complex natural systems. Microbial communities living in hard-to-reach places that …

… or the publication date, whichever comes first. For nearly 40 years, the International Nucleotide Sequence Database …