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Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that … in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … increased the number of known high quality virophage genome sequences 10-fold through computational approaches. By …

Registration and Agenda Coming Soon!  Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the … metabolic and functional capabilities. Take part in the "Sequences to Cultures" Jamboree!  Immediately following the …

A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy … M. importuna CCBAS932 from the forests of France, were sequenced and annotated by a collaborative team. The genome …

The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE … for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide … 39,870 projects in FY24 We generated 871 Terabases of sequence We synthesized 9.7 Megabases of DNA We processed …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants … 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which …

A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving … ( CRAGE ). CRAGE enables scientists to insert large pieces of DNA (up to 60 kb) in a single step, directly into the … domesticate some 60 strains, inserting into them a genetic sequence that acts as a “landing pad.” Mouncey adds, “Once …

JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH … viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … collection of UViGs by identifying contiguous viral sequences (“contigs”) from thousands of ecologically diverse …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and … nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete … from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the … Amplification to generate enough DNA to put on a sequencer. As previously mentioned, it’s a method that’s …

For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted several UC … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth … mentor Bryce Foster, Benchmarking Bioinformatics Tools for Sequence Similarity Searching Morgan Lavenstein Bendall and …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US … program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The JGI sequenced over 1,000 metagenomes and established …