JGIota: A Tool to Find the Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt

JGIota: A Tool to Find the Nomadic Genes that Help Microbes Adapt - geNomad

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A quick snippet on Antonio Camargo and Simon Roux, a few of the JGI researchers behind software that finds plasmids and viruses within microbial genomes. As mobile genetic elements like viruses spread their DNA, they can affect how microbes cycle nutrients and adapt to climate change. Episode TranscriptPublication: Camargo, A.P., et al. “Identification of mobile genetic elements with geNomad,” Nature Biotechnology. (2023). doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01953-yScience Highlight: You can move, but you can't hideLearn more about geNomad and download it Submit your own proposal to work with the JGIExplore IMG/VR and IMG/PROur contact info:Twitter: @JGIEmail: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov

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