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… , head of the JGI’s  Microbiome Data Science , leads one project with JGI colleagues Antonio Camargo and Simon … project led by Owen White at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Both projects will build on the researchers’ … environmental samples to help uncover the phylogenetic diversity of the human gut microbiome. By bringing their …

JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, … (Berkeley Lab), comes in. The JGI is uniquely positioned to enable this kind of science; through its DNA … be able to further explore how best to use it in order to optimize C. autoethanogenum as a biochemical factory.  “These …

… upstream and downstream, which is how the EPA, it’s one of the indices they use for stream health, they look at … crowded place. ED: I mean I really think we’re at a unique time in human history, where we’re moving from when my … 2 billion people on the planet, to you know, within my lifetime, we should hit around nine or 10, which is thought to …

… issue of Nature, the study highlights the vast functional diversity of microbes by looking at protein function within … ability to break down lignin , the hardiest of plant components and a key barrier when breaking down biomass. He was … on a study which identified new genomes highlighting the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula. Dan …

… global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell . 185(21):4023-4037 Nayfach S, et al. … 2021. A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance. Cell . 8674:00585-7. Nayfach S et … Mol Cell . S1097-2765 Schulz F, et al. 2020. Giant virus diversity and host interactions through global metagenomics. …

With more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC … and viral BGC sequences. Expansion of the SMC to include fungal, plant, viral, and metagenome data is currently …

Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which … on the global carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent … these samples by sorting the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these …

… of archaea called  Euryarchaeota . These ancient, single-celled organisms thrive in most  environments devoid of … .  Researchers started by collecting samples from Yellowstone’s hot springs, an extreme environment with low genetic diversity that would help narrow down potential sources of …