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Identifying the Microbial Cleanup Crew at a Superfund Site
… community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency … populations rely heavily on groundwater as their only source of clean drinking water. Over 90% of the PCE in the … and adjusting the environmental conditions to encourage their growth. In this instance, vegetable oil was …
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Massive lateral transfer of genes encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes to the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma from its plant-associated hosts
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The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus converts organic matter in plant litter using a trimmed brown‐rot mechanism involving Fenton chemistry
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High functional diversity among Nitrospira populations that dominate rotating biological contactor microbial communities in a municipal wastewater treatment plant
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Refinement of the “Candidatus Accumulibacter” genus based on metagenomic analysis of biological nutrient removal (BNR) pilot-scale plants operated with reduced aeration
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Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth
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Green Algae Reveal One mRNA Encodes Many Proteins
… reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples … zofingiensis . “I was scrutinizing the genes of one of our species of algae and kept seeing what looked like … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab and the …
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JGI-KBase Panel at SACNAS
… scientific contribution they make, whether as part of a course or internship, and before ever publishing a research … of Energy-funded National Labs, User Facilities and Programs, and introduce best practices for anyone to get credit for their contributions to science. A panel of DOE researchers, program managers, and …
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Sequencing Submission Requirements for DNA Synthesis
… Annotated GenBank File There are several easy-to-use open source tools for converting DNA sequence files into well-formed GenBank files. ApE is an open source desktop application written by M. Wayne Davis or … How To Use ApE To save your ApE file as a Genbank file, simply go to File -> Save As …
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JGI@25: Solving the Mystery of the Missing Oil
… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental … Berkeley Lab. Over the next decade, the JGI’s single cell genomics and metagenomics capabilities were harnessed in …
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JGI@25: Roots of a Mutualist Relationship
… revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental … of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal Nature . The mushroom has a symbiotic relationship …
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Partnering with CalTeach – Training the Next Generation STEM Workforce
… A Vision for Integrative and  Collaborative Genome Science” – through early introduction to the resources and disciplines advanced by the JGI, we seek to … and mathematics (STEM) workforce. In doing so, it is our ambition to further develop a more diverse and inclusive …
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