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Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … is particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which metabolites. … BS, …

The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary metabolites"—chemical compounds shared by most … time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence data from over 1.3 million publicly available …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … candidate bioenergy feedstock crop. In 2018, the JGI had sequenced and assembled the genomes of two varieties of a …

Accepted proposals emphasize JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … to as natural products, the proposal includes plans to sequence several thousand Actinobacteria strains and then …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team … and others that preferred the hollows. Those genome sequences showed not only that the sex of a sphagnum plant …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … to provide a cataloged and curated culture and genome sequence resource of rumen microorganisms . Thanks to the … rumen microbes are awesome and this is just another example why.” …

Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples … many parts of the country also helped the team understand why some switchgrass plants from the Northeast have traits …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … sustainable biofuel production. The JGI published a partial sequence of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in 2003; then in 2007 …