Search

… of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate … the Rauer 1 and Club lakes in East Antarctica and enriched for native microbes. Metagenomes from enrichment cultures … cultured. The researchers then pursued the Nha-C strain for further study, tagging the cells with individual …

… in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team … Bifidobacterium  are able to carry out this metabolic feat. For both clades, then, strains are variable in their …

… always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of … — scientists can better fine-tune their engineering efforts of both plants and root microbiomes to grow energy … (Sunny) Liao of the University of Florida collected forest samples of poplar and soil from Washington and …

… the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … shotgun metagenomic sequencing and single-cell sequencing. For years, extracting single cells and then amplifying their … and other mobile elements. Moreover, the MAGs are composites of high similar genomes, and no cell in the microbiome …

… challenges they overcame, and what new skill sets they look forward to taking back to school.  The interns from this … it just showed me when people have a goal and passion for it, it’s possible to do amazing things. And it made me … And also specifically, it sparked my interest in bioformatics, so that’s what I’m gonna take with me to the …

… answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters … through genetic engineering, inoviruses are used for several biotechnological applications, most notably, … with the Inoviridae. “What we’re really doing is looking for a particular gene found in all inoviruses, and then …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our … in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, the common bean’s close relative, as … by Jeremy Schmutz of the JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Phil McClean of North Dakota State …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a … that colonizes Brock and gives him super strength. For lichen, the partnership is more commonplace — though … research, many of the symbiosis’ details remain unclear. For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the …

… most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around the globe. Now, scientists have shed … Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for major colonization events. It was previously assumed, … just 0.2% of the ocean floor, these meadows are responsible for almost one-third of carbon sequestered in the ocean. In …

… was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she deciphered function and host-symbiont … an Adjunct Scientist appointment at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences since 2012 and an Adjunct Associate … 499, 431-437. Hess et al. 2011. Metagenomic discovery of biomass-degrading genes from cow rumen. Science 331, …

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome … UC Merced students this past summer. This year’s cohort for the JGI-UC Merced Internship Program was brimming with excitement and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science communications, their …