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… and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … to over 2.4 million viral genomes available in the latest release of IMG/VR . CheckV is freely available for download …

… online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach … ‘Dark Matter’ Microbial communities living everywhere from soils and stomachs to the deep sea are capable of doing … of functional diversity as well.”  Researchers from Harvard University, Indiana University. University of Crete …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a … This time, we’ve got a great interview with Ben Shen, from the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter Florida. This … don’t really have any trouble understanding him, but I know from the download stats that we actually have a lot of …

Laboratory, wants to understand how viruses impact the release of greenhouse gases from Arctic permafrost. But to see what they’re doing, he …

JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 database (img.jgi.doe.gov/vr), the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to …

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the IP & Science arm of Thomson Reuters, has released their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which … Woyke , Biology & Biochemistry category Some highlights from projects each of these researchers were involved in …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal Nature . The mushroom has a symbiotic relationship with the poplar, a JGI … genome sequence of a mycorrhizal fungus shifted the focus from looking at single organisms to applying a broader …

The JGI’s Metabolomics Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with … mass spectrometry-based methods to analyze metabolites from a wide range of biological and environmental samples — … with genomics, transcriptomics, imaging, and other data from EcoFAB systems can provide novel insights into the …

… . Over the next few months, we’ll be revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … Over the past 25 years, the JGI has hosted interns from a number of universities and organizations. From field research and wet lab experiments, to …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing …

… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … team of researchers collected soil samples from a wildfire that burned at the Colorado-Wyoming border, … This work brought together researchers from Colorado State University, the US Forest Service, New Mexico State …