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Polar Phytoplankton Need Zinc to Cope with the Cold
… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters … collaboration, in 2017, they published the first genome sequence of a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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2024 Progress Report
… The Integrative Genomics Building (IGB) seen above is home to the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). … for a sustainable bioeconomy. Mission  As a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility, we provide … 39,870 projects in FY24 We generated 871 Terabases of sequence We synthesized 9.7 Megabases of DNA We processed …
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Cultivating Symbiotic Antarctic Microbes
… Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not … The Impact The Antarctic lakes are a “treasure trove” of unknown microbes that play critical roles in … in understanding the genomic basis and ecological consequences of microbe-microbe interactions. Using metagenomes …
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High-quality draft genome sequence of Flavobacterium suncheonense GH29-5T (DSM 17707T) isolated from greenhouse soil in South Korea, and emended description of Flavobacterium suncheonense GH29-5T
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Complete genome sequence of the termite hindgut bacterium Spirochaeta coccoides type strain (SPN1T), reclassification in the genus Sphaerochaeta as Sphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and emendations of the family Spirochaetaceae and the genus
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Draft genome sequences of Arthrobacter sp. AZCC_0090 and Mycobacterium sp. AZCC_0083 isolated from oligotrophic subsurface forest soil in the Santa Catalina mountains of Southern Arizona
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Olpidium, The Key to the Origin of Terrestrial Fungi
… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … of binning methods, we were able to recover Olpidium sequences from the “contaminated” genome data with strong … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …
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A One-Stop Shop for Analyzing Algal Genomes
… The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science Interested in the … algal genomes can be incredibly complex and difficult to sequence and understand. A team of researchers led by Algal …
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Refining the Process of Identifying Algae Biotechnology Candidates
… [subhed -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … Researchers collaborating across multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in …
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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 researchers for bioinformatics internship opportunities in …
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Leo Baumgart
… Dr. Baumgart joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2018, following … his doctoral research in synthetic biology and microfluidics at the University of California, San Diego. As the Sequencing Technology … BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego PhD in …
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