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… efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass … techniques, the platform delivers rich metabolite profiles from diverse biological and environmental samples in support of user science.  Capabilities offered by the platform are a …

Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … cycling is a carbon flux regulator since sulfate-reducing microbes prevent methane production by routing the carbon … oxidation. The findings lead them to speculate that these microbes could use the same pathway for either sulfur …

… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology and is awarded … dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority of microbes in, on and around the planet–through techniques …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … the dispersed oil.   Terry Hazen on Oceanospirillales microbes   Terry Hazen Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon …

Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the … 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the evolution of …

… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … process called fermentation. To better understand the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of … the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these microbes. The Impact This study illustrates how the research …

… in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade” by … the study highlights the vast functional diversity of microbes by looking at protein function within them. … and evaluates multiple predictions to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts.  Jeremy …

… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to … how life thrives in the Arctic, and how different types of microbes form communities. As temperatures fluctuate, salt …

National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at University of Florida and UCLA he has worked with a wide range of eukaryotic algae, archaea and bacteria with a view to …

… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be … and have very little oxygen, which is tough on the type of microbes that break down plant matter. This means plants …

A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective against 94 percent of the … In fact, lipids can make up more than 90 percent of the microbe’s dry weight. In order to better harness these gobs …