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… how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … tail fiber proteins, and thereby allow them to embrace different cells. Since that discovery, DGRs have been found …

… There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the … Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass. …

… American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a … diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea … crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep in the sea to get any sunlight, and yet they still … Summary Hydrothermal vents are typically found along mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates pull apart. As …

… bacterial group in the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he … amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. After joining the JGI, … that reveals in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within complex communities.  The Microscale …

… The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from … capabilities, large-scale data, and professional expertise to support the global research community in studies of … and environmental systems. We optimize our service to the community through responsibly managing our people and …

… of conifers–limber pine, Douglas fir and Engelmann spruce–to learn more about conifer needle microbiomes. The survey … do on the leaf surface. More specifically, they found that microbial community composition and functional potential … Although no single environmental variable explained these differences, differences among sites, including elevation, …