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Prokaryote Program User Advisory Committee
… The Prokaryote Advisory Committee is chartered to offer advice, guidance and counsel on the effective management and strategic objectives of the microbial and metagenome programs and report back to … on the effective management and strategic objectives of the Programs. The Committee serves as the Programs' key …
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Phenotype to genotype in Neurospora crassa: Association of the scumbo phenotype with mutations in the gene encoding ceramide C9-methyltransferase
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Population Level Analysis of Evolved Mutations Underlying Improvements in Plant Hemicellulose and Cellulose Fermentation by Clostridium phytofermentans
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Rapid selective sweep of pre-existing polymorphisms and slow fixation of new mutations in experimental evolution of Desulfovibrio vulgaris
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Frequently Asked Questions: Proposal Submission
… See below for a list of Frequently Asked Questions about our proposal submission process. You can review successful letters of intent and submissions at the bottom of the page.  … Review the list of open calls ; click on the call link to see specific details including project types …
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Acute Limonene Toxicity in Escherichia coli Is Caused by Limonene Hydroperoxide and Alleviated by a Point Mutation in Alkyl Hydroperoxidase AhpC
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JGIota: Looking Back at Methane-Making Microbes
… We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an atmosphere-warming gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea …
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JGI@25: The Human Genome Project, or the JGI’s Origin Story
… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … genes linked to conditions such as cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer. Lawrence Livermore National … with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.   Publications Grimwood, J., Gordon, L., Olsen, A. et al. The …
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A mutation in the AdhE alcohol dehydrogenase of Clostridium thermocellum increases tolerance to several primary alcohols, including isobutanol, n-butanol and ethanol
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Association of functionally significant Melanocortin-4 but not Melanocortin-3 receptor mutations with severe adult obesity in a large North American case–control study
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Cataloging the Microbes that Manage the Health of River Systems
… Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the … work was partially supported by awards from US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Office of Biological and …
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Natural Prodcast Episode 14: Nigel Mouncey
… DAN: Hello, everyone, and Welcome back for Episode 14 of Natural Prodcast . There’s been a lot going on, so I took a little break, but I’m hoping that from … help the Society grow. And so I’ve been the chair of the publications committee for the last, what is it now, five …
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