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The molecular dimension of microbial species: 3. Comparative genomics of Synechococcus strains with different light responses and in situ diel transcription patterns of associated putative ecotypes in the Mushroom Spring microbial mat
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High-quality draft genome sequence of Flavobacterium suncheonense GH29-5T (DSM 17707T) isolated from greenhouse soil in South Korea, and emended description of Flavobacterium suncheonense GH29-5T
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Draft genome sequences of Arthrobacter sp. AZCC_0090 and Mycobacterium sp. AZCC_0083 isolated from oligotrophic subsurface forest soil in the Santa Catalina mountains of Southern Arizona
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Panel Discussion: Launching & Sustaining Startups in Synthetic Biology
The Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area Entrepreneurship Program presents… Eyes on the Prize – … Hoppy Hour @ Calicraft Brewing, Walnut Creek Where:  Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek …
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Structural dynamics and transcriptomic analysis of Dehalococcoides mccartyi within a TCE-Dechlorinating community in a completely mixed flow reactor
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Here, There and Everywhere: Large and Giant Viruses Abound Globally
JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant … archaea and eukaryotes, and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes …
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Sequencing Sphagnum Leads to Discovery of Sex Chromosomes
A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into … the hummocks or the more water-logged hollows below. These preferences affect their growth rates, decomposition, and … change. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at …
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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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Progress Reports: 2002–2020
Click the cards below to view downloadable 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 secondary metabolism in microbes, …
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