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… Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the … to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University … the chair of the JGI User Executive Committee, on how that study went from the lab to the classroom. …

… 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 …

… Innovative technology from this biomanufacturing collaboration is available for licensing. The Science In  Nature Communications , researchers … The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE …

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

… 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 …

… 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. …

… 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 …

… Novel archaeal lineage found in Yellowstone may have been important in early … mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog for studying early Earth conditions. Additionally, … Through the JGI’s Community Science Program , the team used metagenome assemblies, transcriptomes and single amplified …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a host, and not just any host will do. … microbiome data. In other environments, such as terrestrial soil, having additional isolates and metagenomic datasets …

… 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 …