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New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent … called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, and are of significant interest for their potential contributions to a sustainable …

… 2019 in Nature Communications , two research teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for related (“sibling”) lineages Margulisbacteria and Saganbacteria that diverged from the bacterial tree before Cyanobacteria and its contemporaries. Margulisbacteria …

Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of California (UC), Merced assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from … explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around the world. That said, we recognize that workforce in genomics, including JGI, is not representative of …

A former JGI intern is now applying his internship lessons on … the trees in his backyard. Originally from northern California and one of the first students to participate in the … Berkeley National Laboratory, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, and Duke University, published their …

In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences described a novel technique to access high-quality genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from … study built off earlier approaches and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, …

… be a specific host the virus has adapted to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like … researchers have found more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these … In particular, it predicted many more likely hosts for viruses in human microbiome samples, reflecting factors …

JGI! They are among those recognized by Clarivate Analytics for demonstrating “significant influence in their chosen … the JGI whose publications rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year are: Igor Grigoriev Natalia … climate adaptations with switchgrass biology. The information could be useful toward the DOE’s interest in …

… on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable resources for biofuels and bioproducts. Andrew Nelson of the Boyce … tolerant shrub. Melissa Roth of the University of California, Berkeley aims to redesign and engineer algae by … wetland pond, cycle carbon. Using plots at the Harvard Forest long-term warming experiment, Kristen DeAngelis of …

… living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are … and chemically-rich ecosystems. This means they hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. … (Community Science Program award 339, lead Peter Girguis) for sequencing several of the samples. …

… and Elizabeth “Lizzy” Wilbanks of the University of California, Santa Barbara. They join eight other JGI users … she is committed to representing and advocating for early career users on the UEC. As a user of the JGI and … current chair of the Emerging Ecological Issues Committee for the Ecological Society of America. He’s interested in …

… occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates … years ago and has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where … replaced by carbon-fixing archaea. Although Ace Lake was formed from the Southern Ocean long ago, this shift to …

… out to many researchers with the hope of getting support for a research project for his class of 18 juniors.  He got turned down … with inspiring her to get into science and wanted to pay it forward. Defining a Diverse Research Topic After a video …