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… a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than … Laboratory make the case for sphagnum as “an unparalleled model system for ecological and evolutionary genomics .” … to address questions such as sphagnum’s associations with methane oxidizing bacteria, nutrient uptake, and its …
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Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His … to joining the JGI, he studied transcriptional regulation, metabolism and development in actinomycetes. He is … H, Mouncey NJ. New keys to unlock the treasure trove of microbial natural products. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 …
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… that will help solve energy and environmental ch allenges. Methane emissions are a massive factor driving climate … change. According to the Environmental Protection Agency , methane gas warms the atmosphere as much as 25 times more … aim is identifying chemical compounds that could inhibit microbial methane production. Another effort is in using …
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… partnership. The class decided to do an environmental microbial community (metagenomic) soil study in an untouched … and particularly those in processing (metabolizing) methane within the Florida Everglades ecosystem. There are … This was a first of its kind project, but it is a great model of how the JGI can partner and help train the next …
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