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The Soil Blooms Green
… Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the …
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Engagement Webinar: Utilizing long-read sequencing for metagenomics and DNA modification detection
… to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects.  More … A:  Yes, DNA modifications can be searched for and identified in metagenomes, although not all types of DNA … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …
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Genomic characterization of three marine fungi, including Emericellopsis atlantica sp. nov. with signatures of a generalist lifestyle and marine biomass degradation
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Genomics, Exometabolomics, and Metabolic Probing Reveal Conserved Proteolytic Metabolism of Thermoflexus hugenholtzii and Three Candidate Species From China and Japan
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Meta-omics survey of [NiFe]-hydrogenase genes fails to capture drastic variations in H2-oxidation activity measured in three soils exposed to H2
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Hiroshi Otani
… technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo PhD, Biotechnology, University of Tokyo … H, Mouncey NJ. New keys to unlock the treasure trove of microbial natural products. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 …
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From Textbook to Real World Applications
… When local students Maya Hanck of Carondelet High School and Tim Kostolansky of De La Salle High School expressed an interest in learning more about the principles of synthetic biology, Robert Evans and Jan-Fang Cheng in the …
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Methane Makers in Yosemite’s Lakes
… Meet researchers who have hiked, rafted and met local wildlife (a marmot!) as they’ve sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, …
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The Mobilome in the Mire
… researchers have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, …
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JGI@25: Solving the Mystery of the Missing Oil
… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … The JGI’s single cell genomics expertise led to the identification of a new “oil-seeking” species related to … also helped track and characterize the shifting waves of microbial communities involved in removing different …
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Katherine Louie
… efforts to expand the metabolomics capabilities and product offerings for JGI users.  Using cutting-edge mass … techniques, the platform delivers rich metabolite profiles from diverse biological and environmental samples in … to assess metabolite turnover, DNA-SIP for helping identify active micro-organisms within complex communities, and …
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Interdisciplinary delegation from the University of Duisburg-Essen explores collaborative opportunities with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
… A two-day kick-off meeting held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … potential of this collaboration stating, “We already identified a lot of synergies. To bring together expertise of … science, energy conversion and water treatment as well as microbial ecology with a focus on metabolism and ecosystem …
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