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… amino acids it has access to, which can be really weird and different, and makes for lots of variety in chemistry. The … one of the most common animals in the ocean. They’re really species-diverse. I lost track actually of the number. But, … say, the last time I checked, it was on the order of 10,000 species. And whenever you’re talking about a new species …

… also, I thought you were a good representative of maybe a different career trajectory than we sometimes see… MARC: … the chemistry of the molecules that get produced changes in response to different selective pressures. It’s really hard to assay because oftentimes we …

… gene cluster family would be a set of gene clusters across different species, which all encode the production of either the same … an antifungal. It could also be perhaps eliciting a response by another bacterium, for example. But at least we …

… through isolation and genome sequencing of new fungal species.  Students collect fungi, sterilize tissue, isolate …

… data. JGI proposals typically include multiple projects of different types which can span several years. Projects are …

… NIGEL MOUNCEY: Right. An amazing product, really, in a way. Different formulations. But the breadth of crops, the … done anything in medicine.  DAN: And JGI’s a whole other different animal, isn’t it?  NIGEL MOUNCEY: Exactly. Did … really, what path that would take. There were a number of different routes in that could have gone. And even the way …

… and Molecular Pharmacology there. We talked about several different pieces of her work, including bacterial quorum … shown today is it's more a quorum sensing within a single species. DAN: Within a species. Genus? BETSY PARKINSON: So we don't know yet. DAN: …

… preferably prior to airing your concerns publicly (e.g., in response to media requests, through social media channels); …

… that a lot of people want to answer again from a very different standpoint or from very different angles, right? Like, the big question is that … we’re thinking they’re obligate marine. There’s so far no species or no strains known that really grow in freshwater. …