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… microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial … in single microbial and viral genomes, as well as genomes sampled all at once from the same environment, called … number of microbial genomes. That means that those viruses accessed many more potential microbial cells or hosts. This …

… the Battle of Helm’s Deep. The army of the dark wizard Saruman repeatedly tried to break through, finally resorting to explosives to succeed. Altiarchaea, like the Hornburg, have a history of … at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria …

Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and … MGEs based upon their gene content and their genetic sequences. The software was created by researchers under the … 15 million viral genomes. It was also key to developing the first version of the  IMG Plasmid Resource (IMG/PR) , which …

… bacterial species of bioenergy importance. … We are using cutting-edge single-cell profiling methods, including … (UC Merced Intern) Ruoxi Zhao (UC Merced Intern) Alex Pennacchio (Occidental College Intern) Cristian Espinosa (UC Merced Intern) Maria Mendoza (UC Merced Intern) …

Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint … with a view to developing a deeper understanding of sequence-based gene function. … B.Sc. (HONS) – University of … 15(1) 3167. 2024 Simirenko et al ., gRNA-SeqRET: a universal tool for targeted and genome-scale gRNA design and …

The majestic sentinel oaks of the Golden State have been succumbing to a pathogen. This ‘“alien’” organism — one … of millions of trees in California alone. With the genome sequence in hand, the UC team led the charge to develop … SOD infection analysis. These collaborations represent the first-ever large-scale “citizen science” project to generate …

Microbes with Metagenomics  By leveraging metagenomics to sample the entirety of a microbial community out in its … of methanogenesis, with metagenomic support from the JGI. First they were able to identify the potential for … said. “However, our experiments to test that were unsuccessful — which doesn’t necessarily mean they can’t do it, …