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… Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … at virus infections. Their genomes include short DNA sequences that code for CRISPR systems, which help bacteria … resist foreign genetic elements by incorporating short sequences from infecting viruses and phages. In these …

… genome data, unlocking new potential for AI-driven studies of energy metabolism. The Science Researchers produced … time. They also discovered more than 6,000 mitochondrial sequences previously unrecognized within existing public … learning models that predict biological traits from DNA sequences. The study also confirmed that mitochondrial and …

… the fourth Director in its 27-year history. He has a wealth of managerial experience from almost 20 years in the … focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production organisms and fermentation processes for … on secondary metabolites. He is also on the Leadership Team of the National Microbiome Data Collaborative and served as …

… for researchers to request the capabilities and expertise of both the Joint Genome Institute and the Molecular Foundry … challenges in the sourcing, recovery, and utilization of critical minerals and materials. For accepted proposals, … will be provided for free to the PI by the Department of Energy’s funding of the JGI. There is no cost to the user …

… which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … out to characterize the transcriptome – the complete set of RNA molecules transcribed from all the genes within a … Schmutz is the Plant Program Lead at the JGI. Sarah:  Why is a resource like this important to the field of plant …

… most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of … Community Science Program; in 2018, a monoploid reference sequence of sugarcane was published as a step forward in …

… early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing tools and techniques applied to samples … discovered and characterized a novel phylum-level lineage of archaea with at least two major subgroups dubbed … thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence from just a few pieces of DNA. Summary The extreme …

… Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated … Nature Genetics, the work is part of a long-term project to sequence, annotate and analyze the genomes of more than 300 …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both … Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. Since … stressors, um, alter microbial biomass and then what the consequences are for the ecosystem. ALISON:  So, Ed is trying …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … bacteria aren’t usually visible without the assistance of microscope. “It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. … the bacterial cells on the molecular level. They amplified, sequenced and assembled the genomes. In parallel, Gros’ lab …

… 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 (transcriptomes) from their soil samples. This …

… 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 … they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, including over 28,000 unique MCP sequences.  …