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… tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky … in developing and maintaining the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomics and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. The … and understanding viral genomes and their interactions with microbial hosts. The second project, “ A consortium …

In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample … partnership. The class decided to do an environmental microbial community (metagenomic) soil study in an untouched … was also able to receive training for the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) portal for their …

Tanja Woyke and other JGI researchers made their debut writing for the Nature Reviews Microbiology column last year — … with an email in 2018.  Tanja Woyke , who leads the  Microbial Program at the JGI, received a message from Andrea … three Genome Watch articles. “Given the great expertise in microbial genomics and metagenomics of the …

… are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages … are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Almost all … available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which …

… and genetic diversity on physiology and ecosystem functioning through a combination of transcriptomic, metatranscriptomic, and …

… development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria did; contemporaries Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade … researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Microbial Genome Program head Tanja Woyke of the U.S. …

Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse … issue of Nature Microbiology , they mined the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) database maintained … genes for both pathways had never been observed in a single microbial population until now. Ca.   M. washburnensis was …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation could look like. In one article, Micro-Scale … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

Through the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship, graduate students Candace Cole, Mo Kaze, Akshay … JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further …     Mo Kaze, UC Merced JGI Mentor : Susannah Tringe, Microbial Systems Group “Everyone here is very kind and …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on their …

… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity enabled …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: …