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Rewiring metabolism of Clostridium thermocellum for consolidated bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass poplar to produce short-chain esters
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High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. PC2, isolated from a nitrogen-fixing root nodule of the legume tree (Khejri) native to the Thar Desert of India
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Genome sequence of Phaeobacter inhibens type strain (T5T), a secondary metabolite producing representative of the marine Roseobacter clade, and emendation of the species description of Phaeobacter inhibens
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Hiroshi Otani
Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …
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JGI@25: The Human Genome Project, or the JGI’s Origin Story
… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   The Human Genome Project began in 1990 when the U.S. Department of … Center, JGI staff worked around the clock to generate the sequences of these three chromosomes. In 2004, they … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …
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Sequence to Function: Applications and Analysis for the Future (SFA²F)
The Sequence to Function: Applications and Analysis for the … industry, and government organizations for three days of scientific presentation, interactive panel discussions, … and informal networking events. JGI will present both a genome center talk and a tech talk. Stop by the JGI booth to …
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Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia
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A Single Nucleotide Change in the polC DNA Polymerase III in Clostridium thermocellum Is Sufficient To Create a Hypermutator Phenotype
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Population Level Analysis of Evolved Mutations Underlying Improvements in Plant Hemicellulose and Cellulose Fermentation by Clostridium phytofermentans
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Doubling Down on Known Protein Families
… of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … the process hinges on referencing to existing genome sequences.  Some of these proteins are what the scientists … would have been almost impossible.”  When the team was finished with this phase, they found that the protein family …
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JGI@25: Roots of a Mutualist Relationship
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … energy and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published …
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Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
… researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal … registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) sequenced 1 trillion bases — a terabase — of soil RNA for …
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