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… first time. By collecting data from 27 different poplar ( Populus trichocarpa ) trees, as well as the soil surrounding their roots (known as the rhizosphere), researchers hope this … data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the …

… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … ALISON: Hmm. It kind of – it’s kind of like I’m smelling bacterial perfume. I mean – but it’s purposeful so it’s some … it’s not known as far as I could tell.  ALISON: It could be bacterial blankets, or coats, or water bottles, in a …

… group aims at improving our collective understanding of ecological and evolutionary parameters driving virus:host … involves both experimental and computational exploration of uncultivated viral diversity, characterization of molecular mechanisms involved in virus:host interaction …

… a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial genomes. In 2019, the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … markers to visualize the bacterium colonizing plant roots — a proof-of-principle for investigating plant-microbe …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … was released to the public in a highly-cited 2006 publication in the journal Science . This provided a … them. Despite advances in the years since this landmark publication, SOD continued to sweep through dozens of …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … delicately above the leaf debris are revealed to be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size … be studied. Gonzalez-Rizzo and Woyke both see successfully cultivating the bacteria in the lab as a way to get some of …