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…   For years, researchers have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, …

… Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus … answer the question, “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters … a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … Lab) were on the scene collecting samples. Terry Hazen, a former Berkeley Lab environmental biologist and current … also helped track and characterize the shifting waves of microbial communities involved in removing different …

… Register here for the workshop The MGM Workshop is Module 4 of the Fisabio Summer School.  The workshop is addressed to students … will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by …

… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to … Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global cocoa bean production in 2017-2018  was 4.6 million metric tons . The global … infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest …

… We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces … 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us …

… The ocean depths are vast and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — … underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support entire …

… A metagenomic look at the soil microbes present a year after … The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, … return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … challenges, characterizing viruses is a key step. For decades, though, many viruses have been somewhat … because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. Sequencing genetic material …