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… Ian Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; … and Mar Schmidt; [bottom] Cody Spiegel, James Tan, Emma Timmins-Schiffman, Andressa M. Venturini, Valentin Waschulin, … plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers.  Proposals are accepted …

… Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most living creatures for energy, growth and reproduction—most … BGC sequence data from over 1.3 million publicly available bacterial and archaeal genome and contig sources.  The …

… A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science … shotgun sequencing. The team first tested the approach on bacterial laboratory models to set a reference for its … a new genus level member of the novel candidate phylum Goldbacteria. They’ve proposed the name  Candidatus …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The … sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome … ran the gamut of sequencing technologies, from making a bacterial artificial chromosome library to long-read …

… forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  recently described in  Nature Biotechnology  called geNomad identifies and … that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive …

… a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among … sample — a small proportion of the sample’s billions of bacterial and archaeal cells — and detected the virus in 34 …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant … wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and Environmental Research …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A … abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. sinensis, and … This work was supported by the Energy Biosciences Institute and the DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and …

… A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements metagenomics studies. The Science Researchers demonstrated the value of conducting large-scale single cell genomics by collecting nearly … more moderate ecosystems. A few years ago, a candidate bacterial lineage was identified from microbial and …

… part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide … This work was supported by DOE Joint Genome Institute grant  CSP-503076 (IW, HA, and MB) and …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Maximizing soybean yield is critical to energy independence in the … Glycine max on Phytozome …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 … “Distribution of predominant high-temperature archaeal and bacterial lineages in Yellowstone National Park,” as well as … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …