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JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in … Lab). And one of the tools that researchers can apply to study the transcription factors that control how genes are … be used by itself, it can also serve as a stepping stone to studying many genomes simultaneously through multiDAP, which …

… warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the … algae. But human-induced climate change , a new study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water … of East Anglia (UEA, UK) and senior author of the study. “Prokaryotes are not capable of producing all the …

… diversity hotspots Over the past few decades, advancements in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of … sequence data generated over the past three decades, their study assesses what fraction of the microbial diversity we … genes on nearly 2 million genomes, including isolates, metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) with varying quality …

… of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go … is a staff scientist at PNNL and thrust lead on PNNL’s Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the … in how microbes influence biogeochemical cycles in soils and sediments and plant-microbial interactions in …

… to extreme environments, Marike Palmer and Brian Hedlund study organisms living in hot springs. Hear how their recent work revealed more …

As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a … When warm waters stress corals, it might be their microbes, including their photosynthetic partner, that help them take the …

Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for … Laboratory, contributed metagenomic sequencing to the study as well as  genome analysis, providing authors a more … Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published in the  Microbiome journal, broadens our …

… around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their … is a perennial grass that quickly grows in a variety of soils and water conditions, standing taller than basketball … biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of the study. “For that, it’s necessary to have the plant’s genome …

Dr. Blow joined the JGI in 2009, and currently heads the User Support Analysis … he worked on computational and experimental approaches to study genome regulation in human and other vertebrate …

Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and … but these symbiotic interactions are difficult to study in the lab. Metagenomics provides new views of these … the microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. …

… it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The … abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for  M. sinensis,  … history and perennial lifecycle makes it important to study directly. The large and complex genome of  M. sinensis …