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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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JGI@25: Building a Better Bean
… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Phil McClean of North Dakota State University; Dan Rokhsar of the … Phaseolus as a test model quite frequently for R&D in plant genomics, because it is an inbred dicot,” Schmutz explained, …
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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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Jeremy Schmutz
… Mr. Schmutz’s involvement with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed the … to learn more about the program's areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …
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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 … in the journal Science. It detailed how they’d used metagenomics — a then-novel approach which allows scientists to …
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An Enzyme Family that Helped Shape Nitrogen Metabolism on Our Planet
… Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved mix-and-match characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost … Korea as well as a faculty affiliate in the Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division of Lawrence Berkeley …
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An Enzyme System to Help Catalyze Bioproduction of Plastic
… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane … reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in … Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE Office of Science Biological and …
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2023 Progress Report
… Vision  Lead genomic innovation for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy … expertise to support the global research community in studies of complex biological and environmental systems. …
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Neha Varghese
… Neha’s key role is to design, benchmark, and apply bioinformatics software to enable analysis and interpretation of genomic and metagenomic data for JGI’s … projects through implementation of advanced analysis pipelines and tools as well as development and implementation of …
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2025 Progress Report
… Mi Yan, Deanna Beatty)    Vision  Lead AI-driven genomic innovation to advance biotechnology. Mission  As a U.S. … by the Biological and Environmental Research program, the Joint Genome Institute provides advanced genomic capabilities, …
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Defining a Pan-Genome for Antarctic Archaea
… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea flourish in hypersaline environments, and researchers are interested … understand how they’ve adapted to these conditions, information that could have biotechnological applications. The …
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