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JGI@25: Roots of a Mutualist Relationship
… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published in the journal … (INRAE). Today, there are nearly 200 mycorrhizal fungal genomes publicly available on the fungal portal MycoCosm, …
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Gut Fungi: Unexpected Source of Novel Chemicals
… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the … Swift — verified that the fungi expressed biosynthetic gene clusters, which are “building blocks” of natural …
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Duplications and losses of genes encoding known elements of the stress defence system of the Aspergilli contribute to the evolution of these filamentous fungi but do not directly influence their environmental stress tolerance
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Crysten Blaby-Haas
… Dr. Blaby-Haas joined the JGI in 2022 as lead of the Biomolecular … joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and … de Crécy-Lagard on using comparative genomics to predict gene function in bacteria and leveraging molecular biology …
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New Vision, New Mission, New Plan: The JGI’s Next Five Years
… New 5-year strategic plan outlines how the JGI will advance the … to advance foundational science, creating opportunities for the global research community. The U.S. Department of … in areas such as developing pathogen-agnostic detection and prediction strategies for types of as-yet unknown pathogens. …
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Whole metagenome sequencing and 16S rRNA gene amplicon analyses reveal the complex microbiome responsible for the success of enhanced in-situ reductive dechlorination (ERD) of a tetrachloroethene-contaminated Superfund site
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Mapping Heat Resistance in Yeasts
… A new approach for improving functional annotation in fungal genomes. The Science In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated that a new genetic mapping strategy called RH-Seq can identify genes … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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Genome sequences of four novel Endozoicomonas strains associated with a tropical octocoral in a long-term aquarium facility.
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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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Bioenergy sorghum stem density increases threefold following internode elongation due to continued accumulation of lignified cell walls and complex regulation of genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis
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A User-Centered Approach to Accessing JGI Data
… When the JGI Data Portal (https://data.jgi.doe.gov/) launched last year, … the plant portal  Phytozome . Now the portal offers a way for users to more easily access public data sets through a … requires that users know about the FY Funding Year, and the publication status in addition to the public/private status. …
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Ray Turner Completes Last Tour of Lab Duty at JGI
… For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of … genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. …
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