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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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At the Forefront of Terrestrial Virus Research
… Gary Trubl is finishing his PhD in Microbiology at The Ohio State University, co-advised by Drs. Virginia Rich and Matthew … that provides graduate thesis research opportunities at DOE laboratories.   …
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Discovery and ecogenomic context of a global Caldiserica-related phylum active in thawing permafrost, Candidatus Cryosericota phylum nov., Ca. Cryosericia class nov., Ca. Cryosericales ord. nov., Ca. Cryosericaceae fam. nov., comprising the four species
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Styling for Safety: PPE, It’s the JGI Way
… Equipment is worn to minimize exposure to hazards that can cause workplace injuries and illnesses.  PPE or … Equipment is worn to minimize exposure to hazards that can cause workplace injuries and illnesses. These … physical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. At the IGB laboratories, the minimal PPE requirements when …
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Corals in Hot Water Get Help From Their Microbes
… As waters warm due to climate change, corals are in mortal peril. But corals comprise … and a little-characterized microbiome. When warm waters stress corals, it might be their microbes, including their photosynthetic partner, that help them take the heat. …
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Genome sequences of key bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes: Xenorhabdus cabanillasii DSM17905, Xenorhabdus ehlersii DSM16337, Xenorhabdus japonica DSM16522, Xenorhabdus koppenhoeferii DSM18168, and Xenorhabdus mauleonii DSM17908
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Mindfully Moving JGI
… JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab … Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce that numbered more than 100 at its peak, all the …
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A Shrubbier Version of Rubber
… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s … made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.       …
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Georg Rath
… Mr. Rath has been leading the Systems Infrastructure Team at the JGI since 2020. Before joining the JGI, he has been working on the boundary of … computational science with notable stops at NERSC, IMBA (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna) and the High …
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JGI Interns at UC Merced Earn CAMP Merit Awards
… As part of the ongoing partnership between DOE JGI and UC Merced to promote diversity and inclusion in science and research, two undergraduate students from UC Merced recently had summer internships … Gutierrez Huerta and Bryan Rangel Alvarez, both California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) students …
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Duplications and losses of genes encoding known elements of the stress defence system of the Aspergilli contribute to the evolution of these filamentous fungi but do not directly influence their environmental stress tolerance
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Adopt-A-Genome
… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in the … and publish first-author papers, making the data available for future research. Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt …
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