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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 … coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from these environmental samples,” said Matthias … of rumen-digested switchgrass, researchers isolated and sequenced DNA from rumen microbes involved in the digestion …
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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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The complete mitochondrial genome of the conifer needle endophyte, Phialocephala scopiformis DAOMC 229536 confirms evolutionary division within the fungal Phialocephala fortinii s.l. – Acephala appalanata species complex
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Ray Turner Completes Last Tour of Lab Duty at JGI
… 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s … 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all changed. Ray’s … as a typical monthly JGI All-Hands Meeting, after a couple of perfunctory items, the agenda went off the rails – …
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Danielle Goudeau
… combines custom flow cytometric analysis, cell sorting, genome amplification, PCR screening, and 16S sequencing. She … novel flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …
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I-Min (Amy) Chen
… data modeling, and biological data management. She was one of the co-authors and key developers of the Object-Protocol … data management infrastructure of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) family of systems. Before joining LBNL in … in an Academic Setting, SSDBM 14, July 2014 … Selected Publications …
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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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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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Streamlining Regulon Identification in Bacteria
… with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on or off by the same regulatory … in Streptomyces coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions … the 5’-ends by 5’-end sequencing, from which those promoter sequences recognized by a given sigma factor are inferred. …
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Gut Fungi: Unexpected Source of Novel Chemicals
The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … called natural products . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for … finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …
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Honey Bee Gut Microbiota Divvy Up Dinner
Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … including collecting and analyzing the honey bee gut metagenome, which was done with the help of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.     … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint …
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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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