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The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most living … a set of "secondary metabolites," chemical compounds that often confer specialized capabilities that allow the … more than 13 million BGCs in the catalog at the time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence …

… communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to destabilize the delicate marine food web … webs are microscopic photosynthesizing organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos … contribute to an estimated 50 percent of the world’s fixed carbon, altering the balance of eukaryotic and prokaryotic …

Genome Insider is a podcast that showcases the work of JGI collaborators in brief … in plants, fungi, microalgae, environmental viruses, and bacteria to contribute to a more sustainable world. Learn … delving into the researchers’ motivations, the insights that amaze them, and how their work contributes to solving …

… target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory protein. … by in vitro transcription-sequencing (RIViT-seq) to facilitate the characterization of transcriptional … particularly sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro …

… of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple applications The planet’s microbial … and produce antibiotics. Still, the team estimates that genomic information is only available for a fraction of … resource, but also yielding and supporting many high-impact publications ,” emphasized Markus Göker, who managed the …

… vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep … researchers studied microbial communities across five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of … degrees Fahrenheit. The minerals in these fluids include sulfur, iron and copper. Larger organisms like shrimp and …

SIMB, or the Society for Industrial Microbiology conference that took place in January this year in San Diego, and that city is where I first met Roger, when we were both … becomes: “Is this metabolite any of these previously known metabolites?” and there is enough information there that I …