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… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … sampled all at once from the same environment, called metagenomes. Why? Simon Roux, who led the research team and … the dice. There’s some evidence to support the idea. Study coauthor Stephen Nayfach, a JGI bioinformatics …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help … track and characterize the shifting waves of microbial communities involved in removing different fractions of the …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of … peatlands store approximately one-third of the world’s soil carbon. The process to harvest energy-generating peat … gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary component of peatlands, processes  carbon can help maximize …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As … were still a thing, i.e. in January. She talked about her  Community Science Project proposal with JGI, in which she’s studying a special kind of plant metabolism. This …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science … aligned with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of … Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … from individual environmental cells. The proof of principle study built off earlier approaches and offered a way for … microbial culprits in carbon fixation in the dark ocean. Combining single cell genomics and synthetic biology, a team …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental processes. The Science In a recent Microbiome paper … the analysis of mobile genetic elements across all of the metagenomes. Learn more about her time at the JGI here . …

… Genome annotations of two C. citriodora subspecies broaden understanding of … subspecies variegata genomes allowed researchers to study the conservation and evolution of the genes … abundant in the drier parts of Australia with lower quality soils and even in the desert areas with poor rainfall. That …

… Tomas uses traditional cultivation methods along with microscopy and genomics to study endosymbiotic associations within microbial …

… in environmental processes (related to interactions of soil-sediment environments, water and air-atmosphere with … consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes recovered directly from environmental samples … The researchers then pursued the Nha-C strain for further study, tagging the cells with individual fluorescent probes. …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to … order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the … wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than …