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In depth metagenomic analysis in contrasting oil wells reveals syntrophic bacterial and archaeal associations for oil biodegradation in petroleum reservoirs
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Position-Specific Metabolic Probing and Metagenomics of Microbial Communities Reveal Conserved Central Carbon Metabolic Network Activities at High Temperatures
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Metagenomic Analysis of Subtidal Sediments from Polar and Subpolar Coastal Environments Highlights the Relevance of Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation Processes
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Integration of Metagenomic and Stable Carbon Isotope Evidence Reveals the Extent and Mechanisms of Carbon Dioxide Fixation in High-Temperature Microbial Communities
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Phylogenetic and Functional Analysis of Metagenome Sequence from High-Temperature Archaeal Habitats Demonstrate Linkages between Metabolic Potential and Geochemistry
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Decomposing a San Francisco estuary microbiome using long-read metagenomics reveals species- and strain-level dominance from picoeukaryotes to viruses
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Making a Lichen Together
… The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … hundreds of microalgae are able to partner to form lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes … For example, lichenologists generally anticipated that in this symbiosis going back hundreds of millions of years, …
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Open Frameworks Training the Next Generation of Scientists
… Educational training technologies provide opportunities for students and … for both student and faculty researchers. Aligning with this overarching goal, Myco-Ed is a partnership involving … genomes, but unfortunately there are not many available to study. This is because most fungal clades have no reference …
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JGI Workshop at SIMB NP Meeting
… Jan. 7: New Capabilities to Study Secondary Metabolism   Although there are still a … and their biosynthetic logics to be understood, accessing these untapped metabolic capabilities is often tedious and resource intensive. This is often due to, for example, tight regulation of …
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Simon Roux Named 2025 ASM Microbiome Data Prize Awardee
… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist Simon Roux , who … (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group within the JGI Metagenome Program, and coordinates the development of the … workflows for the National Microbiome Data Collaborative.  This award recognizes distinguished research achievements …
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Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — … and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.  This way, the fungi of forest soils hold keys to tree health … Remarkable Similarity Despite Vast Diversity For this study, researchers collected soil samples from four sites: …
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Sequencing Submission Requirements for DNA Synthesis
… When submitting sequences to the JGI DNA Synthesis program, please include the following items: … There are several easy-to-use open source tools for converting DNA sequence files into well-formed GenBank files. ApE is an open source …
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