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… chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called phytoplankton play an outsize role in cycling carbon and … on microalgal communities across different ocean latitudes from pole to pole, using metatranscriptome and metagenome data from the JGI. With multiple threads of evidence showing that …

… Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over … user facility, report the discovery of a novel archaeum from a hot spring that has the genetic machinery to perform … small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) …

… portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative … of genetic diversity and capable of transferring genes from one host microbe to another, which can have a … carbon cycling .  The team was led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with …

… Trubl, a virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he …

… abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies from … in a single reference genome is insufficient. “We really have to evaluate polyploid genomes in a pan-genomic …

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

… the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to leverage novel capabilities of IMG/VR to browse and …

… Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest … (Berkeley Lab). They were selected through peer review from 41 full proposals out of 50 letters of intent … in the Antarctic Peninsula. Additionally, the proposal from Viola Krukenberg at Montana State University …

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

… With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of Missouri), Peter …

… a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your garden and a potential fuel for the future. But, to be competitive in the market, both energy policy and … Miscanthus will need some upgrades. In this episode, hear from scientists working on understanding Miscanthus biology …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria Streptomyces is more than just a funny word. The 500 species … understanding of the bacteria potentially holds the key to discovering new antiviral medicines and treatments for …