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An Enzyme Family that Helped Shape Nitrogen Metabolism on Our Planet
To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants … published in  The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences bridges this gap, by tracing the evolution of a … as well as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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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
… 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, particularly actinomycetes. His research activity is focused on developing and implementing new technologies and …
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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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Three Join the JGI User Executive Committee
… (UEC) recently welcomed three new members earlier this month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National … UEC. As a user of the JGI and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, another DOE user facility, she will … in crops. He has been a PI or Co-PI on five user projects with the JGI, as well as served on review panels …
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Alabama A&M Interns Access An Abundance of Knowledge
In 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and Alabama A&M University piloted an … DOE RENEW initiative, undergraduate student Ti’Yanna Watson and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI … A&M University this fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. Ti’Yanna …
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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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