DOE Joint Genome Institute
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October 15, 2008
Diatom Genome Helps Explain Their Great Diversity and Success in Trapping Excess Carbon in Oceans
Diatoms, mighty microscopic algae, have profound influence on climate, producing 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe by capturing atmospheric carbon and in so doing, countering the greenhouse effect.
September 24, 2008
After the First Decade of Metagenomics--Adolescent Growth Spurt Anticipated
Mostly hidden from the scrutiny of the naked eye, microbes have been said to run the world. The challenge is how best to characterize them given that less than one percent of the estimated hundreds of millions of microbial species can be cultured in the laboratory.
September 8, 2008
DOE JGI Extends the Capabilities of the Integrated Microbial Genome (IMG) System, Updates the IMG/M Metagenome System, Launches Education Site
The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has extended the capabilities of the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) data management system, updated the content of the IMG/M metagenome data management and analysis system, and has launched its educational companion site, IMG/EDU.
August 21, 2008
Genome of Simplest Animal Reveals Ancient Lineage, Confounding Array of Complex Capabilities
As Aesop said, appearances are deceiving—even in life’s tiniest critters. From first detection in the 1880s, clinging to the sides of an aquarium, to its recent characterization by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a simple and primitive animal, Trichoplax adhaerens, appears to harbor a far more complex suite of capabilities than meets the eye. The findings, reported in the August 21 online edition of the journal Nature, establish a group of organisms as a branching point of animal evolution and identify sets of genes, or a “parts list,” employed by organisms that have evolved along particular branches.
The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, supported by the DOE Office of Science, unites the expertise of five national laboratories—Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Pacific Northwest—along with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to advance genomics in support of the DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. JGI is operated by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Releases
- September 8, 2008
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC - August 20, 2008
Anaeromyxobacter sp. K
Geobacter bemidjiensis Bem - August 18, 2008
Chlorobaculum parvum NCIB
Chloroherpeton thalassium ATCC - August 13, 2008
Hydrogenobaculum sp. Y04AAS1
Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 - August 11, 2008
Chthoniobacter flavus Ellin428
Cyanothece sp. PCC 7822
Thermus aquaticus Y51MC23 - August 8, 2008
Ostreococcus RCC809 - July 25, 2008
Pelodictyon phaeoclathratiforme BU-1
Prosthecochloris aestuarii DSM 271
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia R551-3
- July 21, 2008
Clostridium thermocellum DSM 4150
Cyanothece sp. PCC 7425
Cyanothece sp. PCC 8802
Geobacillus sp. G11MC16