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Marine Microbe Contains Multitudes
A deep dive into microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct … periodically at different depths. In order to determine the genome structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, …
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Complete genome sequence of the thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing Bacillus tusciae type strain (T2T) and reclassification in the new genus, Kyrpidia gen. nov. as Kyrpidia tusciae comb. nov. and emendation of the family Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and
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Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended
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Biotech Partners Summer Intern Co-Authors NAR Paper
Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome Institute this summer through the Biotech Partners … the version 6 data updates and feature enhancements to the Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) administered by the DOE JGI. …
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Phytozome: Tutorial Workshop from 2022 CROPS Conference @HudsonAlpha
Phytozome workshop held during the June 2022 CROPS Conference at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Phytozome is the Plant … Genomics portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, and facilitates accurate and insightful …
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New Research Sheds Light on Diversity in the Deep Sea
… array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. At these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  … Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … contributed metagenomic sequencing to the study as well as  genome analysis, providing authors a more complete picture …
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Nick Everson
Mr. Everson rejoined the JGI in 2020  and leads all aspects of JGI Operations which include the Safety, Finance, Human Resources, … and logistics activities.  He returned to the Joint Genome Institute after serving as the Chief Operating …
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Genome sequences of key bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes: Xenorhabdus cabanillasii DSM17905, Xenorhabdus ehlersii DSM16337, Xenorhabdus japonica DSM16522, Xenorhabdus koppenhoeferii DSM18168, and Xenorhabdus mauleonii DSM17908
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I-Min (Amy) Chen
Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her research has been focused on semantic and object-oriented data modeling, and … data management infrastructure of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) family of systems. Before joining LBNL in … et al. IMG/VR v4: an expanded database of uncultured virus genomes within a framework of extensive functional, …
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The Big Deal About Short Plants
… plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected …
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Bacteria and Fungi Divvy Up the Work in Forest Floor
Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking … to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences (transcriptomes) from … The transcriptomes edit out these distractions. Combining genome and transcriptome information allowed the team to …
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Partnering with CalTeach – Training the Next Generation STEM Workforce
As set out in the JGI Five-Year Strategic Plan – “Beyond Basepairs, A Vision for Integrative and  Collaborative Genome Science” – through early introduction to the …
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