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… both taken a little bit of time off. Genome Insider still has been coming out, but I have been a slacker. We’ve had … and how we do it here and maybe give an example of a recent publication. ALISON TAKEMURA: Awesome. Yeah, let’s dive in, … same kind of way, where we had– aflatoxin is produced by a fungus called Aspergillus . We were mostly working in …

… it’s two interviews in one. My new co-host, Jackie Winter, has been on a few episodes now, and I figured we were way … about microbiology and natural products from the Great Salt Lake, and you’re going to learn, like me, what a “haboob” … And I think a lot of times, too, when we even look at publications, it’s always positive data, right? No one ever …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial genomes, with the … faculty will work with undergraduates in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This … and recruit new talent for biosciences.  Adopt-a-Genome has:  11 CSU educators working with the JGI 120 genomes …

… in terms of their natural products chemistry, and he has a project with the JGI to synthesize the genes for and … put into antiSMASH after downloading it was isolated from Lake Washington. So it’s really interesting that it was … up on previous Natural Prodcast episodes  here . Show Notes Publication: Suo Z et al. A Mesorhizobium japonicum quorum …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … is a liver toxin when humans accidentally eat it, but it has a really fun and interesting biosynthetic pathway, and … you’d like to read more about this, I highly recommend his publication last year, “The Biosynthetic Diversity of the …

… the cool things you’re doing now?  MARCY: Sure. So my lab has really converged on the study of host-microbe chemistry. … And we’ve done some work with those and have a couple of publications out there on the chemistry. There’s so much … MARCY : It’s getting bacteria from there. We work on a fungus garden ant as well as the American honeybee. And so I …

But they only grow in saltwater. So we’re thinking they’re obligate marine. There’s so far no species or no strains … Usually, in a lot of cases, we still have to go through publications to get proteins, and their functions, and all … soil. But we also have, in collaboration with other people, lake sediments. We have microbiomes from different …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … that Ben talks fast – it’s part of his energy – and he has an accent, and, so, I don’t really have any trouble … to different species.  DAN: Yeah, yeah.  BEN: And then for fungus, even more. And of the fungus, we have more than 2600 …

… to find earlier in the feed, the secondary metabolism field has been dominated for … well, as long as I can remember, by … Cochliobulis heterostrophis . This is a very well known fungus because it produces a secondary metabolite or natural … the biggest polyketide synthases found in microbes. It’s an obligate parasite. This particular parasite you really can’t …