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… across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting microbial genes with functions useful for forest recovery, this study … on post-wildfire soil microbiomes have focused on marker gene analyses, which take inventory of which microbes are …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric … metagenomics to sample the entirety of a microbial community out in its natural environment, scientists have … a doubt that the ability to make methane is far more widespread in nature than historically presumed — widening …

… genomics have afforded JGI users and the larger research community a means to access microbial lineages from a … of Life (NeLLi) workshop was held, inviting the research community to discuss how to move from cataloging microbial …

… economically, culturally, and ecologically important fungi, widely prized as a culinary delicacy, but also because they … decomposition by the black morel, as well as the gene-expression programs encoding the biochemical processes … source. The opposite directions of carbon and nitrogen mobilizations not only mimic the decomposition of plant …

… The JGI is eager to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers. That’s why twice each year … proposals — through the New Investigator call under our Community Science Program .  Below find a list of the second …

… Swift — verified that the fungi expressed biosynthetic gene clusters, which are “building blocks” of natural … products. The team then confirmed that these expressed genes translated into expected proteins. That work was done … fungal natural products, O’Malley and her team plan to use genetic tools to boost production and isolate the compounds. …

… When they tested the screen method on a microbial community from geothermal hot springs, they uncovered a … are in low abundances—and their functional roles in their community. This study shows how the function-driven, …

… cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP) . The Impact Cyclic di-GMP … illumination to produce a signal, making them useful in a wider range of environments. This new technology enables … resonance energy transfer (BRET)-based biosensors. In general, CSL biosensors produce large signal changes, but …