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The JGI’s Microbial Program focuses on using cutting-edge sequencing, annotation and analysis … to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those associated with … addressing key environmental challenges, such as improving soil health, carbon sequestration and bioeconomy …

… of natural products, Professor Bill Fenical from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. Bill is a pioneer … into the secondary metabolism of some more novel marine bacteria. You know, I first met Bill as a postdoc working … are many others, including Streptomycetes, which are common soil bacteria. DAN UDWARY: Yeah, we talk about them a lot …

… fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and … This is a dynamic and complex ecosystem that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a …

Program works to uncover the roles of small molecules in biological systems, linking them with genomic data to … the program supports foundational research related to soil nutrient cycling and health, terrestrial biogeochemical … samples — including microbes, fungi, plants and soils. Through a combination of experimental workflows and …

… … DAN UDWARY: You’re listening to the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … they spread, why do they spread in a certain way from one bacteria to another, how do they change then, and why are … of these environments? NADINE ZIEMERT: So we started with soil. But we also have, in collaboration with other people, …

Research in the Woyke laboratory focuses on the utility of … of microbial metabolism towards a minority of cultivated bacteria, still persists to date. Research Team    … … show that the gap between cultivated and uncultivated Bacteria and Archaea has steadily been widening since 2005. …

… is focused on the discovery and characterization of novel bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in environmental sequence data. We use multi-omics … mSystems. 5 (3) Schulz et al. (2018) Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses. Nature Communications. 9 (1), 1-9 Schulz …

… collaborative user projects, the JGI’s Plant Program delves into the natural world’s potential to address global … by exploring plants’ role in capturing carbon, detoxifying soils, interacting with other organisms, and adapting to … of how plants have naturally adapted to varied climate and soil conditions around the globe to identify genes to …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … through the stories I told you about geosmin, which is a bacterial sacred metabolite, and ergot alkaloids come from … products because they’re easy to find. They grow in the soil. These are the same guys that produce geosmin. And so …

… focuses on the exploration of secondary metabolites across bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. These molecules, which … growth, provide critical advantages to the organisms producing them, and are often involved in defense, nutrient … reservoir of secondary metabolites produced by bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. These compounds are key …

… right. Welcome back to Natural Prodcast. I did it. I’m keeping to my schedule. This should be coming out on the first … about several different pieces of her work, including bacterial quorum sensing and its effects on regulation of … or online catalog, I guess. So we've also been able to get soils from Purdue campus itself and been able to actually …

… is Professor Cassandra Quave from Emory University, with joint appointments in the School of Medicine and College of … and culture-disconnected. Like we’ll take some soil samples and sequence all the bugs out of that or … a check-up on me. And I wonder how that intersects with bacterial bioprospecting that is often done, where we’re …