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Applying Viral Genomics Expertise to Understanding the Human Virome
… tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky … collection of UViGs by identifying contiguous viral sequences (“contigs”) from thousands of ecologically diverse …
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Genome sequence of the thermophilic fresh-water bacterium Spirochaeta caldaria type strain (H1T), reclassification of Spirochaeta caldaria, Spirochaeta stenostrepta and Spirochaeta zuelzerae in the genus Treponema as Treponema caldaria comb. nov.,
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Scaling Up Existing Skill Sets
Over the course of the summer, the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship paired six UC Merced students with seven JGI … opportunities in fields ranging from plant-microbe interactions to functional genomics. Hear from five of the Summer 2019 interns, who …
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Identifying the Microbial Cleanup Crew at a Superfund Site
Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection … and 2010. DNA was extracted from the samples that were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …
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JGI@25: Expanding Metagenomics to Capture Viral Diversity
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea … million viral genomes, and  this most recent version is six times larger than the previous one . To identify so many …
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Waiting to Respire
Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce … development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria …
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Complete genome sequence of the thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing Bacillus tusciae type strain (T2T) and reclassification in the new genus, Kyrpidia gen. nov. as Kyrpidia tusciae comb. nov. and emendation of the family Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and
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Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended
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Simon Roux
Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the Metagenome Program. His responsibilities include the development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link …
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JGI Earth Month: Healthy Streams, Nutritious Microbes?
In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth … stressors, um, alter microbial biomass and then what the consequences are for the ecosystem. ALISON:  So, Ed is trying …
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Model Fern Reveals Insight into DNA Thievery in Ferns
Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly complex — making it difficult to grasp a deeper … richardii marks the first published manuscript of a genome sequence generated through the OGG. For a long time, C-fern …
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Tracking the Origins of Methane-Producing Microbes
Mini-Metagenomics Approach Helps Identify Novel Archaeal … Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total … the microbes into small pools of cells that were then sequenced separately. From these samples, 111 …
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