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… Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal … 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 …

… data to better understand how U.S. ecosystems are changing.  Through the  “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) call … Q:  Does NEON have or plan on collecting RNA samples from soil or surfaces for microbe-focused collections? A: Not at …

… Learn more about JGI’s  MycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced fungal genomes, omics … there a tool in this platform to search fungal genomes in metagenomes? A: Search in metagenomes is available from another JGI portal, IMG:  … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… for survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and CRAGE … As a demonstration, the researchers used CRAGE-CRISPR for discovering active secondary metabolites and helping them … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, …

… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers … Impact This dataset gives researchers a new foundation for studying how fungi produce and manage energy at the cellular … First, they scanned over 26,000 publicly available metagenomes in the JGI's IMG portal for mitochondrial …

… of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a … order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the … wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than …

… bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better understand how beneficial … to have evolved from a parasitic interaction with their soil fungus host, Rhizopus microsporus . Researchers found … reliant on the continued presence of the bacteria. By studying the Rm-Burkholderia symbiosis model, the team was …

… 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 … I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” In this study,  published in  Metabolic Engineering , a team of …