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… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … predictive models on how climate change may impact marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a … saw populations shift. Smaller picoplankton and free-living microbes that can fix carbon dioxide replaced organic matter …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Joint Genome Institute (JGI) accepts proposals for state-of-the-art functional genomics research from scientists who … biodesign and omics capabilities to enhance understanding of gene and genome function. Understanding these functions … that unlock novel biochemical pathways, to exploring how microbes metabolize and mobilize rare earth elements and …

… 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 …

… Hugh Cross; [Below] Zac Freedman, Martin Jonikas, Lotus Lofgren, Fumito Maruyama, Lauren Stadler, Tingting Xiang and … the research consortium aims to generate over a terabase of sequence. “We are thrilled to support this year’s CSP … approaches to unravel functional capabilities of plants, microbes and microbial communities, and understanding of …

…   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 … Symposium will take place at The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The poster …

… 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 …

… annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new … paradoxus at high temperatures (39°C/102°F). The Impact One of the challenges in understanding wild populations is that … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… 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 …