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Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: calls to validate the names ‘Nitrosococcus halophilus’ and ‘Nitrosomonas mobilis’
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JGI Earth Month: Healthy Streams, Nutritious Microbes?
… the question, well, how are the microbes being affected by the metals? When metals are introduced, how do they adapt by changing what macromolecules are in their biomass, … how the molecules in tiny microbes can impact whole ecosystems. Part of the reason he’s asking this question is …
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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 with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their analysis … office building, its roots are akin to the ground floor lobby. People walking into the lobby have many reasons for …
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FICUS Webinar: “Shining a Light: Advanced Photon Source Capabilities for FICUS Research”
… On February 8, 2024, the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the Environmental Molecular Sciences … so that will have to be planned. Q5: Is travel covered by the FICUS proposal? A: Since there’s no money exchanging …
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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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Forming Scientific Connections and Building Community
… This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … research is very sentimental to me.” Mentors: Crysten Blaby-Haas & Bikash Shrestha Project: “ Detecting Isotope Bonds … art technology and greenhouses/grow chambers has been an incredible experience. I feel like a more rounded scientist …
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An Automated Tool for Assessing Virus Data Quality
… recovered and identified from environmental samples (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a previous … as carbon, nitrogen and sulfur are themselves regulated by viruses in their environments. Environmental DNA …
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JGI Accepts 17 Proposals for Community Science Program
… Monitoring Inter-Organism Interactions Within Ecosystems Latest portfolio of approved proposals highlight … (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … of California, Berkeley aims to redesign and engineer algae by identifying the algal regulators that could boost lipid …
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Simon Roux Named 2025 ASM Microbiome Data Prize Awardee
… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who was … selected as the 2025 recipient of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads … diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  …
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Katherine Louie
… samples in support of user science.  Capabilities offered by the platform are a result of Dr. Louie’s establishment of … workflows for polar and nonpolar metabolite analysis, creation of large metabolite databases by running 1000s of metabolite standards, and development of …
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