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… hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they … 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. …

… these teams provide analysis support and R&D for production and user science. He received his Ph.D. from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Cambridge University … he worked on computational and experimental approaches to study genome regulation in human and other vertebrate …

… to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise multiple organisms: a coral host, a photosynthetic …

… Novel archaeal lineage found in Yellowstone may have been important in early Earth conditions. The … 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 …

… Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total … were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) were recovered, most of … is typically observed, but to the “TACK” superphylum,” said study first author Bojk Berghuis. “This provided us with …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The … microbiome data. In other environments, such as terrestrial soil, having additional isolates and metagenomic datasets … of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research, Early Career Research Program awarded …

… 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 …

… But if the duck gets infected by a virus so that it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a duck? For a … The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic … cells that are transformed into virocells, and how the outcomes of these infections can affect the interactions within …

… chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by ancient hybridization (polyploidy) and insights into the dynamics of gene … abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. sinensis, and … history and perennial lifecycle makes it important to study directly. The large and complex genome of M. sinensis …