Results

Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics (MGM) Workshop
… data with existing bioinformatic methods to bridge the gap from sequence to biology. …
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The genome of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans strain CJ2, isolated from coal tar‐contaminated sediment, reveals physiological and metabolic versatility and evolution through extensive horizontal gene transfer
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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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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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Cold adaptive traits revealed by comparative genomic analysis of the eurypsychrophile Rhodococcus sp. JG3 isolated from high elevation McMurdo Dry Valley permafrost, Antarctica
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Genome Sequence of Kosmotoga olearia Strain TBF 19.5.1, a Thermophilic Bacterium with a Wide Growth Temperature Range, Isolated from the Troll B Oil Platform in the North Sea
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Complete genome sequence of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius C56-YS93, a novel biomass degrader isolated from obsidian hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
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Permanent draft genome sequence of Desulfurococcus mobilis type strain DSM 2161, a thermoacidophilic sulfur-reducing crenarchaeon isolated from acidic hot springs of Hveravellir, Iceland
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Fungus Fuels Tree Growth
… of Florida collected forest samples of poplar and soil from Washington and Oregon. The cuttings included genotypes from the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), predecessor … with  M. elongata . Poplar might be detecting lipids from  M. elongata;  the fungus produces them so …
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Digging into Microbial Ecosystems Deep Underground
… looking at: the role viral infection may play in other natural ecosystems. The video complements a recently …
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Giant Bacteria Found in Guadeloupe Mangroves Challenge Traditional Concepts
… bacterium itself was discovered by Olivier Gros, a marine biology professor at the Université des Antilles in … symbionts in sulfur-rich mangrove sediments not far from his lab when he first encountered the bacteria. “When I … research projects to advance our understanding of the natural world,” added Sara Bender of the Gordon and Betty …
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Eelgrass Proves to Be Much Younger Than We Thought
… years ago, when eelgrass traveled across the ocean current from Japan to colonize the southern California and Mexican … This study was supported by a PhD scholarship from the China Scholarship Council to L.Y. (number … HIDSS-0005) and by a grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …
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