ENIGMA researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed tools with available data to enable microbial and environmental research. ENIGMA’s XCMS Online systems biology data processing and the METLIN database represent a successful model of how community oriented cloud-computing can be implemented on a global scale. This free, cloud-based platform provides users with processing tools, data streaming, […]
Read More »Uranium binding complex a potential tool for environmental sequestration of uranium
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Widespread uranium contamination from industrial sources poses hazards to human health and the environment. ENIGMA researchers from University of Georgia and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab identified a highly abundant uranium-binding complex (UBC) from Pelosinus sp. strain UFO1. The complex makes up the primary protein component of the S-layer of strain UFO1 and binds 3.3 atoms of […]
Read More »Comparative metagenomics reveals impact of contaminants on groundwater microbiomes
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Significant portions of natural groundwater reserves have been contaminated due to anthropogenic activities that result from by-products of industry, agricultural runoff, and human/animal waste. The contamination at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge Integrated Field Research Challenge (OR-IFRC) includes radionuclides (e.g., uranium and technetium), nitrate, sulfide, and volatile organic compounds due to nuclear weapon […]
Read More »Differences in diversity between extraction techniques
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ENIGMA researchers at University of Tennessee Knoxville examined differences in diversity between extraction techniques. Lipid/DNA co-extraction from one sample is attractive in limiting biases associated with microbial community analysis from separate extractions. We sought to enhance established co-extraction methods and use high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing to identify preferentially extracted taxa from co-extracted DNA. Co-extraction results […]
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