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Microbial cells infected by viruses undergo metabolic reprogramming. The … from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant … metabolic changes they’ve undergone. The Impact The number of microbes in, on, and around the planet is an astronomical …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who … in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  In 2021, he was among those selected by …

… and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in permafrost.  …

David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, …

… wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he first needs their DNA.   …

… we understood plants and how they adapt to their ever-changing environments better? We could unlock new innovations to … crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from … through the more than 2 million viral sequences available in IMG/VR v3. …

Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. …

Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this episode, we peek into how scientists Aindrila … Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

Applications and Analysis for the Future (SFA²F) meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from … industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, …

You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, which were developed … specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M …