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… further demystify biosynthetic gene clusters.  The Science Microbial secondary metabolites, those molecules not … survival, may now be easier to characterize following a proof-of-concept study in which researchers paired CRISPR and … in 2019. Now, that power is poised to grow exponentially by combining it with CRISPR.  By employing CRAGE, …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants … of the National Academy of Sciences bridges this gap, by tracing the evolution of a specific enzyme family called …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research … global ecological and environmental processes, especially by modifying host cell metabolism and altering cell fitness. …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your portal has only 2 of them. A: Watch the video (above) for the answer provided by Sara 4.  Q(uestion): Are all CSP produced data …

… A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses …

… to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots …

… April marks both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Tringe , JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group through the  DOE Office of Science … in California’s manmade water transport canals. Inspired by Randall Munroe’s xkcd comic “Up Goer Five” and his …

… Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes … Woyke as a pioneer in uncovering the hidden diversity of “microbial dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority …

… last 40 years, summer sea ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … in the Arctic, and how different types of microbes form communities. As temperatures fluctuate, salt levels change …