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Effects of Polar Light Cycle on Microbial Food Web
… with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the norm when it comes to nutrient cycling in polar regions. While microbial … Antarctic lakes and the nearby Southern Ocean shift from phototrophs to archaea when sunlight becomes scant, Ace Lake’s …
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Complete Genome Sequences for the Anaerobic, Extremely Thermophilic Plant Biomass-Degrading Bacteria Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis, Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii, Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskyensis, Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis, and
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Hiroshi Otani
… facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he studied transcriptional regulation, … in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which metabolites. … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, …
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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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Complete Genome Sequence for Asinibacterium sp. Strain OR53 and Draft Genome Sequence for Asinibacterium sp. Strain OR43, Two Bacteria Tolerant to Uranium
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Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: calls to validate the names ‘Nitrosococcus halophilus’ and ‘Nitrosomonas mobilis’
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Introducing New Members of the JGI User Executive Committee
… The JGI welcomes three new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland … nine other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here to view the full roster of members. Each of the researchers … phenotypes and genotypes. Pawlowska, who studies fungal-bacterial symbiotic systems, noted that she would like to …
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Identifying the Microbial Cleanup Crew at a Superfund Site
… site. The chemical PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via … mccartyi and  Dehalobacter restrictus,  that work together to break down PCE into the chemical compound ethene. …
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Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh
… Dr. Eloe-Fadrosh joined the JGI in 2014 to pursue her research interests in microbial ecology and … datasets from host-associated and environmental samples to identify and characterize genomic information from uncultivated microbes and viruses. Prior to joining the JGI, she was a Bioinformatics Program Fellow …
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Nikos Kyrpides
… Dr. Kyrpides joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2004 to lead the Genome Biology Program and the development of … Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes Program since 2011. Prior to joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute, Dr. Kyrpides led … Integrated Genomics Inc. in Chicago, IL. He did his postdoctoral studies with Carl Woese at the University of Illinois …
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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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Mindfully Moving JGI
… in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, October 18, the production sequencing labs in Building 100 … after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a …
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