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… researchers built an interactive and comprehensive database of fermentative prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use … process called fermentation. To better understand the range of bacteria and archaea that rely on this form of … Research (BER) program to enable scientific discovery in support of the DOE mission. Fermentative metabolism occurs in …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … to library research for three months. While reading up on photosynthesis, she stumbled upon an interesting observation in Chlamy. Most plants … C. zofingiensis on Phytozome …

…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … as a self-sufficient biotechnology. Overall, this work supports the mission of the Department of Energy (DOE) … and bio-based materials essential for national security, supply-chain resilience and diversifying industrial feedstock …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … Han, C., Gordon, L. et al. The sequence and analysis of duplication-rich human chromosome 16 . Nature. 432, 988–994 …

… The Micro-Scale Applications group explores the genetic makeup of natural microbial communities using a variety of … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline that utilizes internal analytical … amplification, and sequence analysis to recover the genomes of uncultivated microbes. We also apply labeling strategies …

… communities than ever before — especially with the prospect of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI … Rex Malmstrom, leader of the Microscale Applications group at the JGI, whose team uses a semi-automated, … this was the first workshop of its kind on SIP metagenomics,” Malmstrom said.  Increasingly, efforts like these …

… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … for characterizing uncultivated viruses. Following up on those guidelines, JGI researchers have now developed … may be tainted by the presence of non-viral genes. Up to this point, there has been a lack of fast and accurate …

… Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in … eminent leaders in the field of microbiology and are relied upon for authoritative advice and insight on critical issues … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the Single Cells …