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Codon bias, nucleotide selection, and genome size predict in situ bacterial growth rate and transcription in rewetted soil
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Anoxic carbon flux in photosynthetic microbial mats as revealed by metatranscriptomics
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Discovery of enzymes for toluene synthesis from anoxic microbial communities
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JGI Earth Month: The Unusual Metabolism That Helps Plants Withstand Drought
… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to … with JGI, in which she’s studying a special kind of plant metabolism. This metabolism, called crassulacean acid … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …
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Diurnal cycling of rhizosphere bacterial communities is associated with shifts in carbon metabolism
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Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacterial and Archaeal Type Strains, Phase III: the genomes of soil and plant-associated and newly described type strains
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Restoring wetlands on intensive agricultural lands modifies nitrogen cycling microbial communities and reduces N2O production potential
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Disentangling the effects of sulfate and other seawater ions on microbial communities and greenhouse gas emissions in a coastal forested wetland
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Hiroshi Otani
… Since joining the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His … BS, Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Master's, Biotechnology, … DW, Doering DT, Mouncey NJ. Cytochromes P450 involved in bacterial RiPP biosyntheses. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. …
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Linking soil biology and chemistry in biological soil crust using isolate exometabolomics
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The initial soil microbiota impacts the potential for lignocellulose degradation during soil solarization
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A Revamped Amplification Method that Enables Nearly Complete Single-Cell Genomes
… With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete genomic results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome … with the JGI. Working together, they found most bacterial genomes from water and soil communities were at …
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