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Reviews Microbiology column last year — and there’s more to come in 2020. Researchers at the U.S. Department of … with an email in 2018.  Tanja Woyke , who leads the  Microbial Program at the JGI, received a message from Andrea … three Genome Watch articles. “Given the great expertise in microbial genomics and metagenomics of the …

… available metagenomic datasets in JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data suite—which … Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, … all four core genes. These virophages were found in diverse habitats including the air, plant rhizosphere, wastewater, …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a … researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Microbial Genome Program head Tanja Woyke of the U.S. …

… head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental … approach uses fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to sort cells into several small pools before sequencing to … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research …

… of the internship program. Candace Cole, UC Merced JGI Mentors : Ben Cole & Axel Visel, Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions “The summer internship has further …     Mo Kaze, UC Merced JGI Mentor : Susannah Tringe, Microbial Systems Group “Everyone here is very kind and …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … environmental challenges. Oh, the magical world of the cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. … from environmental samples — to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. These genes were identified based on their …

… bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: … are abundant in glycoside hydrolases, and are thus better adapted than  Gilliamella  to breaking down hemicellulose. …

On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other institutions shared their … with 86 participants in an online workshop to harness deep learning for metagenomic data.  Metagenomic … Lab’s Biological Systems and Engineering), to assign microbial taxa (Andrew Tritt of CRD and, independently, Ying …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements … in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can …

… month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and … Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of … biogeochemical cycles in soils and sediments and plant-microbial interactions in crops. He has been a PI or Co-PI …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference … genome is cited in roughly 10% of all since-released publications on green algae. “The Chlamy genome launched …

Though visible to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity … in coastal sediments,” said Woyke, who also heads the JGI’s Microbial Program and is one of the article’s senior … paradigm of what constitutes a bacterial cell and advances microbial research.” One Giant Bacterium, Multiple Research …