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Genomic model research on The Medical News

With other UNSW and US colleagues, Professor Cavicchioli compared the genomes of two common ocean bacteria that employ different strategies for living: one lives in nutrient-rich waters and is fast to grow and replicate itself, and another lives in poor-nutrient waters, and grows more slowly. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National… [Read More]

Genomic model research on Xinhua

Sampling just a few genes can reveal not only the “lifestyle” of marine microbes but of their entire environments, new research suggests. The finding means researchers may be able to predict the types of microbes that thrive in specific marine environments by sampling the genomes of just a few dominant species, according to research co-author… [Read More]

Profile: Richard Myers of HudsonAlpha

But in 2008, with much ado that included a glowing endorsement from Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Myers officially made the move to HudsonAlpha. In addition to being handed the steering wheel of a new institute, this was a homecoming of sorts for the Tuscaloosa native. Myers’ lab continues to work with the Joint Genome Institute… [Read More]

Selecting the best Shewanella microbes for the job

Researchers have completed the first thorough, system-level assessment of the diversity of an environmentally important genus of microbes known as Shewanella. Microbes belonging to that genus frequently participate in bioremediation by confining and cleaning up contaminated areas in the environment. The team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Michigan State University and the… [Read More]

JGI on Forbes.com

Unraveling Genes Walnut Creek, Calif. Another Silicon Valley scientific attraction has little to do with the innards of computers, and everything to do with the building blocks of humans. At laboratories like the Joint Genome Institute, the human genome was deciphered. The techniques used for the Human Genome Project are now applied to fish, animals,… [Read More]

“Plant Microbe Shares Features with Drug-Resistant Pathogen”

The scientists were particularly interested in comparing two strains of S. maltophilia whose genomes were recently decoded to see why these strains — one isolated as an opportunistic pathogen from a clinical setting (strain K279a), and the other from the roots of poplar trees (strain R551-3) — were so well-suited to their very different environments…. [Read More]