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Fungus Fuels Tree Growth
… feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, through its  …
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Nitrosococcus watsonii sp. nov., a new species of marine obligate ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria that is not omnipresent in the world's oceans: calls to validate the names ‘Nitrosococcus halophilus’ and ‘Nitrosomonas mobilis’
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Arboriscoccus pini gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the class Alphaproteobacteria, emended description of Geminicoccus roseus, and proposal of Geminicoccaceae fam. nov.
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High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. PC2, isolated from a nitrogen-fixing root nodule of the legume tree (Khejri) native to the Thar Desert of India
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An Age of CRAGE: Advances in Rapidly Engineering Non-model Bacteria
A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial … the JGI’s Yasuo Yoshikuni and his team  announced in  Nature Microbiology an important addition to the synthetic …
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Daniel Udwary
Dr. Udwary serves as a computational biologist for JGI’s Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in …
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Tanja Woyke Elected to American Academy of Microbiology
Congratulations to the JGI’s Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Woyke has led JGI’s Microbial Genomics Program since 2009 and heads the …
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Jane Grimwood Named HudsonAlpha Genomics Chair
Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta … Grimwood heads the Library Construction group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations with the JGI began soon after the JGI was established to work on the …
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Partnering with CalTeach – Training the Next Generation STEM Workforce
As set out in the JGI Five-Year Strategic Plan – “Beyond Basepairs, A Vision for Integrative and  Collaborative Genome Science” – through early …
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Forming Scientific Connections and Building Community
The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer … DOE Office of Science User Facility, hosted three undergraduates and seven graduate students from UC Merced through their long standing …
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Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting
Thank you for joining us at the 2024 DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting! The JGI convenes this annual gathering of leaders from diverse disciplines to highlight …
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Toasting to the 2020 JGI-UC Merced Summer Internship Program
On July 30, UC Merced students and their JGI mentors toasted to the end of a nine-week virtual internship. The celebration was preceded by short final presentations attended by more than 75 JGI staff. According to Axel …
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