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… at the University of Washington in Seattle . And she studies bacteria that grow on one-carbon compounds like … cluster with me because it turns out that oftentimes in bacterial genomes if you have a quorum sensing system or the … DAN: Almost like you know that there is. AARON PURI: It’s a planted question Dan. Yeah. So overall I think what we’re …
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… those associated with microeukaryotes. The program also studies giant viruses. Key research areas include … laboratory isolation and genome sequencing of underexplored bacterial and archaeal lineages that are important for … space: The JGI generates reference genomes from diverse bacterial and archaeal lineages to improve phylogenetic …
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… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host … example” of how a 1000 Fungal Genomes project can enable studies of plant root microbiome and other microbiomes by providing reference … Programme: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Plant Microbiota (SPP DECRyPT 2125)’ and the Cluster of …
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… local marine environment. I went out and picked up marine plants, I picked up animals. And I asked the simple question, are these plants and animals making chemical compounds in a way that’s … seems hard to believe in retrospect. BILL FENICAL: Well, in 2021, absolutely hard to believe. But when you go way back, …
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… rich and underappreciated. And we’ve worked both with the microbiome. So, with symbiotic bacteria that live in animals … people looking at that chemistry have focused on how their microbiome – how bacteria living with the sponges – … transcriptomics, metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to …
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… Integrated Microbial Genomics at JGI, a large data set of bacterial genomes. And so yeah, we use antiSMASH to identify … we, for example, are really interested in metagenomes and microbiomes and figuring out which gene clusters are … called “disease suppression”, where the microbiome of a plant, so the bacteria living on and inside the roots are …
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… provides customized analysis, the JGI also participates in publication of results. … available from all the facilities participating in the FY25 call, introduces the available APS resources, and … The FY23 FICUS Open Call for Proposals describes the resources … available from all the facilities participating in the FY23 call, introduces the Eco-FAB resource, and contains …
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… been dominated for … well, as long as I can remember, by bacterial research. So it was great to hear her passion and … ag[riculture] and I really liked – I became interested in plant disease in part because of what happened in my Peace … they deserve. They are so exciting. I get frustrated. Like microbiomes – you know how that’s a big deal now. You go to …
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… with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support plant and other efforts. The JGI works closely with DOE … DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) and the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC)—to provide access to …
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… to do an independent study on ethnobotany of some of the plants that people were using for medicines in this very … organs that solely house– whose sole function is to house bacterial associates. And so the one that the Hawaiian … And we’ve done some work with those and have a couple of publications out there on the chemistry. There’s so much …
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… As a host, and a little bit of my newer work is focused on plants, but in both cases, you know, these molecules are how … of the opinion that on the geological timescale, that most bacterial natural product systems evolved, you know, a … applicable insights there as well. ALISON: Kind of what facilitates colonization of a new environment and like what …
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… through the stories I told you about geosmin, which is a bacterial sacred metabolite, and ergot alkaloids come from fungi, and Taxol from plants. Plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, they all have … the sponges or other things. And we know lots more about microbiomes and symbionts that live with other organisms, …
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