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The Metagenome Program uses advanced sequencing technologies to decode the genomes of microbes in their natural environments. This work encompasses bacteria, archaea, and … to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the …

… genomes are critical to serve as phylogenetic anchors for metagenomes studies.  While uncovering the metabolic … ., Ivanova N. N., Kelly W. J. Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection.” … discovery of biomass-degrading genes and genomes from cow rumen. Science 331, 463-7 (2011). Newton I.L., Woyke T …

… and environmental challenges. Oh, the magical world of the cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. Rumen … materials, rumen microbes and their enzymes are an optimal study subject that could lead to more sustainable energy …

… challenges by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and … supports the development of next-generation biofuels by studying perennial grasses and fast-growing trees as … It is now available for both eukaryotic and microbial metagenome assemblies. It is also available as an app in …

… … DAN UDWARY: Hey everyone and welcome back to a new session of Natural Prodcast. … hold me accountable and yell at me if I slip again. My JGI coworkers are way too nice to yell at me, so that’s gonna be … just now switching from intermicrobial interactions, studying intermicrobial interactions by imaging interactions …

… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back. This will be episode 12 of … ALISON TAKEMURA: So Nadine, what got you interested in studying natural products? NADINE ZIEMERT: Like almost … that easily can identify secondary metabolite pathways in metagenomes, which is still hard to do. We are mining a lot …

… about natural products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back for our second season of … like, and then you could characterize it. The classical study that demonstrated this is Challis et al, Chemistry and … if an order is uncultured (blue; represented only by metagenome-assembled genomes or MAGs) or cultured (gray; …

… … DAN UDWARY: Hey, everyone! Welcome to the “Self Promotion Episode” of Natural … in natural products as an undergrad. So for me, it was studying sort of the interface of chemistry and biology … the rest of the archaea and fungal genomes and then work on metagenomes. So yeah. So we’ve taken every public sequence …

The IMG group owns and maintains integral components of JGI’s production workflow, and is responsible for … specificity of single cells and genomes extracted from metagenomes, and also as a metric for quality control within … resource for analysis and annotation of genome and metagenome datasets in a comprehensive comparative context. …

… of biofuels, biochemicals and other bioenergy solutions.  The program has been a pioneering effort in functional genomics since 2012, with a … missions. Using bioinformatics tools and genome portals, we study lignocellulose decomposition, CO2 fixation, redox …

… to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource … the chair of the JGI User Executive Committee, on how that study went from the lab to the classroom. …

The Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial … the quality of single-cell genomes and directly link functional information with individual cells. Research Team    … The JGI …