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… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science … when it comes to nutrient cycling in polar regions. While microbial populations in other Antarctic lakes and the … than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates these polar environments …

… (INRAE). Today, there are nearly 200 mycorrhizal fungal genomes publicly available on the fungal portal MycoCosm, many sequenced through the JGI 1000 Fungal Genomes Project.       Francis Martin on the main impact of …

… Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The … and analysis, the researchers identified other bacteria and microbial processes that support PCE biodegradation. The … by continuing to access the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. For example, the …

… research at the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004. The main object of her research was the symbiont … primary interest and passion. Dr. Woyke stepped into the Microbial Genomics Program Lead position in 2009 and assumed … Tanja Woyke is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our Deputy of User …

… and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which remains unknown and … the JGI and Bigelow Lab led to the identification of key microbial culprits in carbon fixation in the dark ocean. … identify, and characterize more than 200 microbial genomes that were mapped to nearly 30 major previously …

… applied to samples collected from acidic iron-oxide microbial mats in Yellowstone National Park over time, … role in the development of life on Earth; the iron-oxide microbial mats at Yellowstone offer researchers an analog … metagenome assemblies, transcriptomes and single amplified genomes from samples collected from several locations to …

… Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and metagenomics. Her current research … of Maryland School of Medicine and her graduate work in microbial oceanography at Scripps Institution of … Metagenomics uncovers gaps in amplicon-based detection of microbial diversity. Nature Microbiol. 1: 15032. …

… team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of … mats are wildly prevalent, containing an estimated 40 to 80 percent of all the microbial cells on Earth. As … virus had been infecting the cell. The team assembled 130 genomes from their sample — a small proportion of the …

… Dr. Louie joined the JGI in 2014 to develop the metabolomics program, and in 2019 became … analysis, creation of large metabolite databases by running 1000s of metabolite standards, and development of … Rocha UN, Shi S, et al. Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in …

… and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the … noted study senior author  Tanja Woyke , who heads JGI’s  Microbial Program . The team mined more than 8,500 publicly … a barcode to sift out virus fragments, reconstructing 2,074 genomes of large and giant viruses. More than 50,000 …

… browser that allows other researchers to study the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these … the phenotypic records of 8,350 organisms along with 4,355 genomes and 13.6 million genes. The results reveal … more than 400 cultured rumen prokaryotes from the  Hungate1000 project . They also used the tool to predict possible …

… plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots … determine if these fungi act as friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can … toward filling gaps on the fungal Tree of Life through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Hacquard’s group had assembled …