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The Case for Conservation
… Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome … a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the study … genes of interest could be associated with a plant’s sex. One outcome could be superfemale plants that have increased …
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The Fungi That Survive In Antarctica
… Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive … harsh conditions. And their survival secrets could one day help other organisms survive hotter, drier climates. … researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to …
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Better Living Through Bioenergy
… Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to fossil fuels. In this … at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …
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Supercharging SIP in the Fungal Hyphosphere
… a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published in the  November 2022 issue … than DNA lacking isotopes. This manual collection of DNA is time consuming, tedious and potentially error prone, which limits the size and complexity of research …
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MIxS-HCR: a MIxS extension defining a minimal information standard for sequence data from environments pertaining to hydrocarbon resources
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Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications
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Engineering a Synthetic Escherichia coli Coculture for Compartmentalized de novo Biosynthesis of Isobutyl Butyrate from Mixed Sugars
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A Shrubbier Version of Rubber
… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for …
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Contribution of calcium ligands in substrate binding and product release in the Acetovibrio thermocellus glycoside hydrolase family 9 cellulase CelR
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Adopt-A-Genome
… In this episode, undergraduates adopt genomes that the JGI sequenced, but never published in … and Mark Soghomonian share what it was like to take on one of these genomes.  …
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2022 Progress Report
… Pictured is a timelapse of the Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen … of the JGI is to provide the global research community with access to the most advanced integrative genome science …
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JGI Launches Latest Strategic Plan
… of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA … the JGI and KBase in the heart of the Lab’s 200-acre campus—with the big move from leased space in Walnut Creek, Calif. … leadership role in a Microbiome Data Science effort (pages 37-39) and the launching of a Secondary Metabolites research …
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