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… and what they do. Summary The name PhycoCosm stems from the Greek phykos, meaning seaweed. Seaweeds are algae, … algal genomes can be incredibly complex and difficult to sequence and understand. A team of researchers led by Algal … inquiry: it shows a full phylogenetic tree of more than 100 sequenced algal genomes — many sequenced by the JGI — so …

… analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil ecosystems function. He was …

… collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom … on microalgal communities across different ocean latitudes from pole to pole, using metatranscriptome and metagenome data from the JGI. With multiple threads of evidence showing that …

… work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport canals. … (Try it yourself  here .) She translated her abstract from a 2019 conference. Both versions appear side-by-side …

… Florida, they encompass a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US … Lab), embarked on a pilot project with biology students from Boca Raton Community High School in Palm Beach County, … Everglades in Palm Beach County, and particularly about the microbes that play roles in the methane cycle. Their data …

… Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Hokkaido, Japan. From samples of both environments, they used fluorescence  … CRISPR-Cas systems to recognize and remove invaders’ DNA from their own genomes. One of these systems, the …