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Cell Extracts from Bacteria and Yeast Retain Metabolic Activity after Extended Storage and Repeated Thawing
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Hiroshi Otani
Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … Mol. Microbiol. 87, 1223-1236. PubMed … Education … Publications …
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JGI-Enabled Research Demonstrates the Existence of New Methane-Makers
New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … hot springs, an extreme environment with low genetic diversity that would help narrow down potential sources of …
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JGI Early Career Researchers Featured in mSystems Special Issue
In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are … nature. In the last few years, mapping the planet’s viral diversity has advanced drastically, aided by genome assembly …
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Systematic Identification of Gene Families for Use as “Markers” for Phylogenetic and Phylogeny-Driven Ecological Studies of Bacteria and Archaea and Their Major Subgroups
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Community ecology across bacteria, archaea and microbial eukaryotes in the sediment and seawater of coastal Puerto Nuevo, Baja California
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Niche differentiation of bacteria and fungi in carbon and nitrogen cycling of different habitats in a temperate coniferous forest: A metaproteomic approach
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Lipid analysis of CO2-rich subsurface aquifers suggests an autotrophy-based deep biosphere with lysolipids enriched in CPR bacteria
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Horizontal gene transfer of the Mer operon is associated with large effects on the transcriptome and increased tolerance to mercury in nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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Polar Phytoplankton Need Zinc to Cope with the Cold
Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters … the JGI Algal Program, which explores genomics of algal diversity and biology to support basic science as well as …
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Introducing New Members of the JGI User Executive Committee
… new members to the JGI User Executive Committee (UEC) : Roland Hatzenpichler of Montana State University, Teresa Pawlowska of Cornell … noted, “I would also like to offer my insights in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in STEM disciplines to …
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Evolution of a Fungal Gene Expression Regulator
Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … unwrapping complex mechanisms of genome-wide regulation and cataloging them in JGI’s fungal portal MycoCosm. … The work …
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