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JGI@25: Cow Rumen and the Early Days of Metagenomics
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will … coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from these environmental samples,” said Matthias …
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Identifying the Microbial Cleanup Crew at a Superfund Site
PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … break down PCE into the chemical compound ethene. Applying genome sequencing and analysis, the researchers identified … that support PCE biodegradation. The results demonstrate that it takes a (microbial) community to clean up a …
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New Research Finds Flagella in the Terrestrial Roots of Marine Bacteria
Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … structures that enable organisms to swim around. However, genome and metagenomic sequencing conducted by the U.S. …
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Permanent draft genome sequence of Desulfurococcus mobilis type strain DSM 2161, a thermoacidophilic sulfur-reducing crenarchaeon isolated from acidic hot springs of Hveravellir, Iceland
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The genome of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2, isolated from coal tar‐contaminated sediment, reveals physiological and metabolic versatility and evolution through extensive horizontal gene transfer
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Cold adaptive traits revealed by comparative genomic analysis of the eurypsychrophile Rhodococcus sp. JG3 isolated from high elevation McMurdo Dry Valley permafrost, Antarctica
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Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia
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Conserved genomic collinearity as a source of broadly applicable, fast evolving, markers to resolve species complexes: A case study using the lichen-forming genus Peltigera section Polydactylon
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High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. PC2, isolated from a nitrogen-fixing root nodule of the legume tree (Khejri) native to the Thar Desert of India
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Genome Sequence of Kosmotoga olearia Strain TBF 19.5.1, a Thermophilic Bacterium with a Wide Growth Temperature Range, Isolated from the Troll B Oil Platform in the North Sea
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Complete genome sequence of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius C56-YS93, a novel biomass degrader isolated from obsidian hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
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Tracking the Origins of Methane-Producing Microbes
… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … Biohub, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 metagenome-assembled genomes …
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