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Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be … and environments, including natural and agricultural soils, human- and animal-host associated, and ocean and …
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Dr. Visel joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2010. As the Deputy … Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … Computational Biology , Nucleic Acids Research . Over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, …
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… Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep … Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … Earth’s surface is reconstructed by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical …
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Find a series of webinars related to our Integrated Microbial Genomics & Microbiomes portal. …
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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 … changes in marine microbes, the answer is no. They refer to the infected microbial cells as virocells, a change in …
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A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. …
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A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. …
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With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … together, they found most bacterial genomes from water and soil communities were at least 80% complete when studied …
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You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … and environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine soils to tropical glaciers. Proposals are accepted …
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Neri is a computational biologist who spends his days wrangling viral genomes and occasionally remembering to document … viruses – though he'll take a look at anything related to microbial parasites. When not debugging pipelines, he can be … just "spicy messenger RNA", and that somewhere in the mess of genetic sequences lurks the next cool virus – if only our …
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… less than previously believed. The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading around … scientists can use this information to assess what specific traits make older species of eelgrass in the Pacific Ocean …
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Twice a year, the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program … Kaze, part of the 2018 cohort of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program. Kaze is part of Mark Sistrom’s lab at … to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in …
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