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… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … But scientists have wondered exactly how the microbial community carries out its helpful metabolism: … Gilliamella  primarily degrades pectin. But not all strains of  Gilliamella  are capable of pectin metabolism.  …

… began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered … new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …

… The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in … cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and … graduate student, Joshua Hamm, successfully cultured two strains of Nanohaloarchaeota and showed they required …

… at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an Adjunct Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at University of California, Berkeley. He … algal geomics and PhycoCosm portal. Dr. Grigoriev engaged thousands of researchers in genome projects and organized … at the JGI. Click to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …