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Fungus Fuels Tree Growth
… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science … partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … This work was supported by the Plant-Microbe Interfaces program at the …
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Engagement Webinar: Harnessing JGI’s Metabolomics Capabilities
… The JGI Engagement Webinar held November 5, 2020 (watch the  video … (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, … Q:  Any advice on normalizing metabolomic data from a whole microbial community, without having cell counts or …
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How Maize Makes An Antibiotic Cocktail
… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that maize … synthesized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …
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The genome of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2, isolated from coal tar‐contaminated sediment, reveals physiological and metabolic versatility and evolution through extensive horizontal gene transfer
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High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. PC2, isolated from a nitrogen-fixing root nodule of the legume tree (Khejri) native to the Thar Desert of India
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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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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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Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia
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Genome Sequence of Kosmotoga olearia Strain TBF 19.5.1, a Thermophilic Bacterium with a Wide Growth Temperature Range, Isolated from the Troll B Oil Platform in the North Sea
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Complete genome sequence of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius C56-YS93, a novel biomass degrader isolated from obsidian hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
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Permanent draft genome sequence of Desulfurococcus mobilis type strain DSM 2161, a thermoacidophilic sulfur-reducing crenarchaeon isolated from acidic hot springs of Hveravellir, Iceland
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Forming Scientific Connections and Building Community
… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : “It’s great …
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