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… the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … able to make the same amount of a product in just eight hours that growing cells take three days to make, which is a …

… when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break … proteins in the samples were then isolated and sequenced by scientists at the Environmental Molecular Sciences …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send … the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks through the JGI’s sequencing pipeline, where there are freezers with …

… omics methods to examine microbial chemical production. The Science Soil bacteria in the genus Streptomyces are nature's … conditions. As described in a recent issue of mSystems , scientists found that adding salt to the growth medium … of multiple omics data from various environments — that JGI users can leverage to create a more complete picture of …