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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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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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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 Report … FY18 Progress …
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Hiroshi Otani
Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …
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The Genome of the Acid Soil-Adapted Strain Rhizobium favelukesii OR191 Encodes Determinants for Effective Symbiotic Interaction With Both an Inverted Repeat Lacking Clade and a Phaseoloid Legume Host
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Nandita Nath
Nandita is involved in developing new methods to improve genome recovery from single cells and to build sequencing …
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Boosting Small Molecule Production in Super “Soup”
… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … to keep processes running smoothly. As reported August 26, 2021, in Nature Communications , researchers led by Hal … Program at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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JGI-Enabled Research Demonstrates the Existence of New Methane-Makers
… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … enabled by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … the original methanogens were, but they were discovered by genome sequencing, which is a much less biased approach to …
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An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … to date. This paper  is the cover article for the April 2024 issue  of  Nature Plants .  “We wanted to better … scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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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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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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