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Horizontal gene transfer and gene dosage drives adaptation to wood colonization in a tree pathogen
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Microbial colonization and persistence in deep fractured shales is guided by metabolic exchanges and viral predation
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Applying Viral Genomics Expertise to Understanding the Human Virome
… viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, scientists at the DOE Joint Genome … viruses are likely to infect, and (iii) identifying the genetic traits of the viruses to better understand their … , 2021), geNomad , a tool for identifying mobile genetic elements ( Nature Biotechnology , 2024), and iPHoP , …
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Bayesian Analysis of Congruence of Core Genes in Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus and Implications on Horizontal Gene Transfer
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What Happens Underground Influences Global Nutrient Cycles
… for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user facilities—the  … with soil properties that co-vary with depth and with changes in warming and other environmental conditions. Among …
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Introducing New Members of the JGI User Executive Committee
JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell University, and Jana U’Ren (pronounced … JGI research priorities.” U’Ren, who studies ecological and evolutionary factors shaping the assembly of fungal …
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Abscisic acid supports colonization of Eucalyptus grandis roots by the mutualistic ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpus
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Arabidopsis Root Microbiome Microfluidic (ARMM) Device for Imaging Bacterial Colonization and Morphogenesis of Arabidopsis Roots
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A nucleoside signal generated by a fungal endophyte regulates host cell death and promotes root colonization
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Vertical and horizontal gene transfer shaped plant colonization and biomass degradation in the fungal genus Armillaria
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The More the Merrier: Making the Case for Plant Pan-genomes
… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … than any individual genome highlighting the fact that the genetic information in a single reference genome is … Plant Biology (Austria); Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben …
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Rex Malmstrom
Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 … isolating individual bacterial cells and amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these …
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