Results

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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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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Nigel Mouncey
… private sector, as well as research expertise in secondary metabolites and synthetic biology. Dr. Mouncey has a long-standing interest in microbial genetics that started … R&D teams that focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel production organisms and …
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EcoFAB 2025: Advancing Mechanistic Microbial Science Using Fabricated Ecosystems
… Register here Book your stay at the conference venue This inaugural event will bring together … and applying laboratory ecosystems to help transition microbiome science from largely observational to … EcoFAB 2025 Conference is organized by the EcoFAB Steering Committee, dedicated to advancing standardized fabricated …
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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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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 … processes both carbon and nitrogen. This research team combined computational and experimental approaches to look … of these enzymes across 90 species. They queried the genomes of 15 species from each of six kingdoms: eubacteria, …
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Genome sequences of key bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes: Xenorhabdus cabanillasii DSM17905, Xenorhabdus ehlersii DSM16337, Xenorhabdus japonica DSM16522, Xenorhabdus koppenhoeferii DSM18168, and Xenorhabdus mauleonii DSM17908
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New Vision, New Mission, New Plan: The JGI’s Next Five Years
… strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the bioeconomy, leveraging partnerships to advance foundational … science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … the bioeconomy. Functional diversity theme. Reading the genomes of individual organisms or environmental DNA, and …
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Leo Baumgart
… San Diego. As the Sequencing Technology Implementation Lead, he directs a multidisciplinary team responsible for piloting and operationalizing new genomic … which has been applied to a wide range of JGI user science projects spanning bacteria, fungi, and plants. His team is …
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Janey Lee
… Janey provides support for custom single-cell user projects and projects within the group. …
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Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to … cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and … their funding sources: Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the U.S. Department of Energy grant …
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Crysten Blaby-Haas
… University of Florida, working with Valérie de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging molecular biology and reverse … – present Alumni Award, MCS, University of Florida, 2024 Congressional Recognition, Women’s Services Honoree, 2022 …
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