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Calculating the Costs of Multiple Switchgrass Gene Copies
A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE … of switchgrass on a map, these 8X individuals occurred in parts of the switchgrass range where 4X were noticeably …
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High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain WSM1743 - an effective microsymbiont of an Indigofera sp. growing in Australia
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Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by “Candidatus Weimeria bifida” gen. nov., sp. nov., and “Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans” sp. nov.
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Teredinibacter haidensis sp. nov., Teredinibacter purpureus sp. nov. and Teredinibacter franksiae sp. nov., marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacteria isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended
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JGI-Enabled Research Demonstrates the Existence of New Methane-Makers
… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … rely on to survive. Now, new research enabled by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE … to confirm that indeed, they were. The work was enabled in part by working with both the JGI and EMSL. New …
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Understanding Wildfire Recovery, Starting in Soil
… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI). EMSL … DOE Office of Science National User Facilities in a single project. … This work was supported through a USDA NIFA award …
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Genome Sequence of the Alkaline-Tolerant Cellulomonas sp. Strain FA1
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Complete genome sequence of Paenibacillus sp. strain JDR-2
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New Research Sheds Light on Diversity in the Deep Sea
… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … found along mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates pull apart. As those plates separate, seawater seeps through … of a given microbial community. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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Sphingomonas palmae sp. nov. and Sphingomonas gellani sp. nov., endophytically associated phyllosphere bacteria isolated from economically important crop plants
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An Enzyme Family that Helped Shape Nitrogen Metabolism on Our Planet
… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in … — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. However, these enzymes are often loosely … the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE …
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“A STEM career is in reach and accessible”
Notes from the Summer 2018 Biotech Partners Interns from Antioch High School. Though a partnership with Biotech Partners, a nonprofit that provides underserved youth in the Bay Area with …
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