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Novel heavy metal resistance gene clusters are present in the genome of Cupriavidus neocaledonicus STM 6070, a new species of Mimosa pudica microsymbiont isolated from heavy-metal-rich mining site soil
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Genome sequence of the thermophilic fresh-water bacterium Spirochaeta caldaria type strain (H1T), reclassification of Spirochaeta caldaria, Spirochaeta stenostrepta and Spirochaeta zuelzerae in the genus Treponema as Treponema caldaria comb. nov.,
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Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera (Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae
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Panel Discussion: Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic Biology
Hoppy Hour @ Calicraft Brewing, Walnut Creek Where:  Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek … Road company) Hosted by Nigel Mouncey, Director, DOE Joint Genome Institute Read a synthesis from the panel discussion  … questions.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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Here, There and Everywhere: Large and Giant Viruses Abound Globally
… archaea and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on the order of 100 times the … what has typically been associated with viruses, while the genomes of large viruses may be only 10 times larger. And …
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Sequencing Sphagnum Leads to Discovery of Sex Chromosomes
… change. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at … HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, … in hummocks, and others that preferred the hollows. Those genome sequences showed not only that the sex of a sphagnum …
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2024 Progress Report
Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems … Over the last year, the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has continued its journey to realize our … The organisms on our planet encode these functions in their genomes, and the JGI is uniquely positioned to combine …
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2021 JGI Proposal Call Brings New Investigators into Community Science Program
… (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … evolved into a full-scale proposal known as the Brassicales Genome Initiative. Brassicales is represented by more than … Nanyang Technological University aims to generate genome sequences from underrepresented green algae groups in …
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Progress Reports: 2002–2020
… pdfs of previous Progress Reports from the Joint Genome Institute.  … FY20 Progress Report … FY19 Progress …
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Hiroshi Otani
Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying …
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A Community Resource for Secondary Metabolite Researchers
… over 1.3 million publicly available bacterial and archaeal genome and contig sources.  The Impact Secondary metabolites … or tools. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … metabolites portal within the Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) system known as IMG-ABC. …
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Exploring Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements
My project at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) was to measure the polymorphisms that …
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