The virosphere is so much more than coronavirus! Wondering how novel this “novel” virus is? How many virus species have been named? Are there virus species?? Okay, probably yes. But we’ve got them all, right? …Right? Oh, only 6,828 species…
Sequencing the human genome in 2003 opened up a whole new world of scientific discoveries about humans. The rapidly advancing DNA sequencing technologies also enabled scientists to see, for the first time, the staggering number of microbes that live in…
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, so the adage goes, it must be a duck. But if the duck gets infected by a virus so that it no longer looks or quacks like one, is…
A DOE highlight of Drs. Jang, Bolduc, and Zablocki’s work on vContact 2.0 A Viral Gold Rush Researchers developed open-source software that can classify viruses in ways that previous tools could not. Scientists have limited data…
(Inside Science) — Viruses control their hosts like puppets — and in the process, they may play important roles in Earth’s climate. The hosts in this case aren’t people or animals: They are bacteria. A growing body of research is…
New research provides the most complete account to date of the viruses that impact the world’s oceans, increasing the number of known virus populations tenfold. “This new understanding of viruses from the northern pole to the southern pole and from…
New research takes scientists a step closer to identifying important characteristics of the communities of ocean organisms we rely on to aid the planet – as well as understanding how a warming climate could affect the functions of those communities….
The impact of soil viruses on nutrient cycling and climate remain understudied relative to their oceanic counterparts. In this release from the Department of Energy, work being done by a team led by the Sullivan lab reveals a previously unknown…
A recent workshop looked to utilize math and statistics to answer questions surrounding the microbiome. The workshop, led by Vanessa Hale, Assistant Professor, and Matt Sullivan, Associate Professor, both IDI Co-Directors of the Microbial Communities Thematic Program, sought to explore…
New understanding of the role of microbes in thawing permafrost A deeper understanding of viral genomes in Swedish permafrost provides insight into climate change. “Microbes have significant influence over global warming, primarily through the production of – or consumption of…
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