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… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the … than previously suspected. “That would cause significant consequences on the entire food web, and therefore ecosystem … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… to unlock their potential for bioenergy, environmental sustainability, and bioproducts. By sequencing and analyzing the genomes of these organisms, the program investigates … The Fungal & Algal Program harnesses cutting-edge sequencing technologies and advanced genomic …

… a computational pipeline to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring … Computational Sieves to Filter Sequences There are more microbes on the planet than particles in a handful of dirt, … to defend against RNA,” Roux noted, “although it’s unclear why this is so rarely detected.” Developing Approaches for …

… We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health … conifer needle microbiomes. The survey showed what these microbes are equipped to do on the leaf surface. More … shaped by both local conditions and the movement of microbes through forest canopies.  The Impact This work, …

… Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field studies related … the microbial diversity patterns of Puerto Nuevo’s coastal waters and sediment with collaborators at the Center … has a number of applications, including pain relief. The microbes in cone snails may be involved in venom activity, …

… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … is not limited to  Euryarchaeota .  Finding Methane-Making Microbes with Metagenomics  By leveraging metagenomics to … You don’t have tunnel vision anymore, only seeing the microbes you can grow in the lab — suddenly you see …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass … generation of the tetraploid M. sacchariflorus whole genome sequence data was funded by the BBSRC Core Strategic …