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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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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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GenomeOcean Leverages AI to Decode Nature’s Secret Language
… genome discoveries. Unlocking the intricate details of life’s genetic blueprint has long been a significant challenge in genomics. Enter GenomeOcean, a powerful generative model  … conducted by JGI users. These datasets include an extensive 25-year study of microbial communities in freshwater …
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How Maize Makes An Antibiotic Cocktail
… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have … Program . And the work is part of a  larger CSP Functional Genomics proposal to understand terpene  synthesis and …
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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 revisited a number of … 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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What Happens Underground Influences Global Nutrient Cycles
… DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities … for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … omics and computational resources with JGI’s cutting-edge genomics, DNA synthesis and complementary capabilities. …
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JGI User Executive Committee Expands
… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … in fungal genetics and evolution, he helps manage the Bacterial-Fungal Interactions Science Focus Area. He has … genetics expertise and experience as a primarily fungal genomics user, he aims to help align JGI policies with …
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The More the Merrier: Making the Case for Plant Pan-genomes
… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and … said John Vogel, head of the Plant Functional Genomics program at the JGI and a senior author on the …
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First Monoploid Reference Sequence of Sugarcane
… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many … To create this reference sequence, the team relied on bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), vectors that can … as a reference. The final sugarcane sequence generated is 382 Mb; 25,316 protein-coding gene models were predicted with …
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