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Digging into Microbial Ecosystems Deep Underground
… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical … Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his graduate student Kaela Amundson at Colorado State University have many questions about …
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Sphingomonas palmae sp. nov. and Sphingomonas gellani sp. nov., endophytically associated phyllosphere bacteria isolated from economically important crop plants
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Single mutation at a highly conserved region of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase enables isobutyl acetate production directly from cellulose by Clostridium thermocellum at elevated temperatures
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Analyses of expressed sequence tags from the maize foliar pathogen Cercospora zeae-maydis identify novel genes expressed during vegetative, infectious, and reproductive growth
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Matthew Kellom
Matt is broadly interested in the interactions between microbial life and environment, and using … interest. Matt also supports various CSP and FICUS user projects for the Metagenome Program. …
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Neha Varghese
… bioinformatics software to enable analysis and interpretation of genomic and metagenomic data for JGI’s user community. She also provides support for user science and projects through implementation of advanced analysis pipelines and tools as well as …
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Arboriscoccus pini gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the class Alphaproteobacteria, emended description of Geminicoccus roseus, and proposal of Geminicoccaceae fam. nov.
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Biochemical characterization of Fsa16295Glu from “Fervidibacter sacchari,” the first hyperthermophilic GH50 with β-1,3-endoglucanase activity and founding member of the subfamily GH50_3
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Teredinibacter haidensis sp. nov., Teredinibacter purpureus sp. nov. and Teredinibacter franksiae sp. nov., marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacteria isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended
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JGI@25: Expanding Metagenomics to Capture Viral Diversity
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … Beginning in the early 2000s , these environmental metagenomes began to offer a window into viral existence. Along … database to include a dedicated section for viruses, so researchers around the world would have better, easier …
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IMG/VR
JGI's Simon Roux describes the structure and content of the IMG/VR v3 … the latest release of IMG database dedicated to viral genomes assembled from metagenomes. He also demonstrates briefly how to leverage novel …
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JGI@25: Following Fungi that Pry Apart Plant Polymers
… number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand … into biochemical production.    Over time, as these projects have delivered results, they have also snowballed …
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