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Decoding the massive genome of loblolly pine using haploid DNA and novel assembly strategies
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Discovery of Novel Plant Interaction Determinants from the Genomes of 163 Root Nodule Bacteria
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Identification of a Novel Nematotoxic Protein by Challenging the Model Mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea with a Fungivorous Nematode
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Soils and sediments host Thermoplasmata archaea encoding novel copper membrane monooxygenases (CuMMOs)
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Antiquaquibacter oligotrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel oligotrophic bacterium from groundwater
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Functional insights of novel Bathyarchaeia reveal metabolic versatility in their role in peatlands of the Peruvian Amazon
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Plant-Microbial Interactions Group
Plants are complex organisms that harbor a fantastic diversity … experimental characterization methods, in addition to bioinformatics tools to elucidate phage function in this … 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002860 … Postdocs: Margot Bezrutczyk (JGI Postdoc) Lamprinos Frantzeskakis (JGI Postdoc) Interns: …
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Dealing with Drought: Uncovering Sorghum’s Secrets
… of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are … and the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence …
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The More the Merrier: Making the Case for Plant Pan-genomes
Universidad de Zaragoza and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …
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Kjiersten Fagnan
Kjiersten Fagnan began working with JGI in 2012 as a NERSC bioinformatics computing consultant, … the JGI in 2016, and in 2018 was hired to be the JGI’s Data Science and Informatics department head. In 2018, Dr. Fagnan … biology and bioinformatics approaches in support of meeting DOE mission critical programmatic goals. … Joubert et al., …
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The genome of Syntrophorhabdus aromaticivorans strain UI provides new insights for syntrophic aromatic compound metabolism and electron flow
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New Biological Insights Into How Deforestation in Amazonia Affects Soil Microbial Communities Using Metagenomics and Metagenome-Assembled Genomes
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