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Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
… registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … “Now with these new tools — metatranscriptomics, RNA sequencing of soil RNA — we can access — ‘What are they … effort, with over 100 researchers who nominated species for sequencing and then sent DNA and RNA samples to JGI,” …
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An Automated Tool for Assessing Virus Data Quality
… fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, more … (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a … by viruses in their environments. Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of …
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Forming Scientific Connections and Building Community
… The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … Nandita Nath & W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein …
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High quality draft genome sequence and analysis of Pontibacter roseus type strain SRC-1T (DSM 17521T) isolated from muddy waters of a drainage system in Chandigarh, India
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High quality draft genome sequence of the slightly halophilic bacterium Halomonas zhanjiangensis type strain JSM 078169T (DSM 21076T) from a sea urchin in southern China
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Complete Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus strain Y4.12MC10, a Novel Paenibacillus lautus strain Isolated from Obsidian Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park
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Permanent Draft Genome Sequence of Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Strain Z-533T, a Peptide and Starch Degrader Isolated from Thermal Springs in the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kunashir Island, Russia
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High-quality PacBio draft genome sequences of 17 free-living Bradyrhizobium and four related Nitrobacteraceae strains isolated from arid soils in the Santa Catalina Mountains of Southern Arizona
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Whole metagenome sequencing and 16S rRNA gene amplicon analyses reveal the complex microbiome responsible for the success of enhanced in-situ reductive dechlorination (ERD) of a tetrachloroethene-contaminated Superfund site
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Engagement Webinar: How to Successfully Apply for a CSP Proposal
… and relevance to the DOE’s mission.  Have someone proofread your proposal to make sure the goals, experimental … multiple ways to can mix and match synthesis, metabolomics, sequencing. The only requirements are that you stay under … the 500-gigabase cap and that you don’t request outside of the sample range that’s listed. Q: What are the pros and …
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Uncovering Novel Genomes from Earth’s Microbiomes
… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … metabolites for multiple applications. Despite advances in sequencing technologies and computational methods in the … that it was a nice example of “big-data” mining to gain a deeper understanding of the data and enhancing the value by …
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Open Frameworks Training the Next Generation of Scientists
… technologies provide opportunities for students and professors alike The Science In  PLoS Pathogens , a team of … provides training and scientific contributions—including sequencing services and analysis—to participants. Over the … fungi in the environment, students can prepare samples for sequencing and analysis at the JGI to help produce novel …
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