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… A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … Boeuf and colleagues set sail on research cruises in 2015 and 2016. At Station ALOHA , site of the 30-years-long … was supported by grants from the Simons Foundation (#329108 and #721223 to EFD) and Gordon and Betty Moore …

… Though visible to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity At first … the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … Antilles and a co-first author on the study, performed the 16S rRNA gene sequencing to identify and classify the …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … californiae , and Piromyces finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied … The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … three domains of life.  Using the IMG suite, JGI retrieved 142 of the GH75 AMGs, which encode enzymes that break down …

… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that … characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … enzymes across 90 species. They queried the genomes of 15 species from each of six kingdoms: eubacteria, archaea, …

… Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … with 600 instructors worldwide who work with more than 10,000 undergraduate students each year. Brian Looney of … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint … Genome Institute, Dr. Cole’s research focus has been on understanding how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing … University of California, San Diego (PhD, 2011) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 2006) …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. Prior to this, … years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that fostered the widespread … Brachypodium distachyon is a small annual grass that is well …