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… Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic … it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a duck? For a team led by researchers from The Ohio State University … changes in marine microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in …

… The United States  is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … , Sebastien Duplessis of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)  proposed sequencing a … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who … of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group …

… Find a series of webinars related to our Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes portal. …

… JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the … have significantly advanced the field by providing robust methodologies for analyzing and understanding viral genomes … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science … world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for …

… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against … at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced in every corn variety and … revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … within their rumen. There is another climate-minded reason for studying rumen: Livestock live off plant matter, and …

… The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable … is an image of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake east of California’s Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon … here , here and here ), and the data has been used to better understand arsenic mobility and to better …