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High-quality draft genome sequence of Flavobacterium suncheonense GH29-5T (DSM 17707T) isolated from greenhouse soil in South Korea, and emended description of Flavobacterium suncheonense GH29-5T
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Complete genome sequence of the termite hindgut bacterium Spirochaeta coccoides type strain (SPN1T), reclassification in the genus Sphaerochaeta as Sphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and emendations of the family Spirochaetaceae and the genus
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Draft genome sequences of Arthrobacter sp. AZCC_0090 and Mycobacterium sp. AZCC_0083 isolated from oligotrophic subsurface forest soil in the Santa Catalina mountains of Southern Arizona
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Viruses Reprogram Cells into Different Virocells
… cells as virocells, a change in name first described in 2011 which reflects the metabolic changes they’ve undergone. … between the  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … and operated under Contract Numbers DE-AC02–05CH11231 (JGI) and DE-AC05–76RL01830 (EMSL). This work was funded by a …
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Exploring Polymorphisms Created by Transposable Elements
… My project at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) was to measure the polymorphisms that …
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Simon Roux
… Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development … learning framework to maximize host prediction for metagenome-derived viruses of archaea and bacteria. PLoS Biology …
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Inaugural Critical Minerals & Materials Joint Research Portfolio Announced
… Marc Hanikenne, Cheryl Kerfeld, Jeffrey Marlow;  [Row 2]: N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez, Sabeeha Merchant, Sergey …   A total of 20 proposals were selected by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the Molecular Foundry (TMF) for their collaborative …
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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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A Community Resource for Secondary Metabolite Researchers
… over 1.3 million publicly available bacterial and archaeal genome and contig sources.  The Impact Secondary metabolites … The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … from isolate and metagenome data.   The SMC ( smc.jgi.doe.gov ) is designed with two main objectives. First …
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Fungal Friends or Foes in Plant Roots
… plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Communications paper . The work was partly enabled by a JGI Community Science Program (CSP) proposal led by INRAE’s …
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Tanja Woyke Awarded van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics
… for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in … Lab), Woyke currently serves as the interim deputy for JGI User Programs. Earlier this year, she was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the …
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