JGI Says 2.8 M Base Pair Sequence Is a Day's Work

May 18, 2000

Premium

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--The US Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute said this month that it took "one day's production capacity" over a two day period to complete the shotgun genomic sequence of the 2.8 million base pairs of Enterococcus faecium, a bacterium that is the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections.

Get the full story with
GenomeWeb Premium

Only $95 for the
first 90 days*

GenomeWeb Premium gives you:
✔ Full site access
✔ Interest-based email alerts
✔ Access to archives

Never miss another important industry story.

Try GenomeWeb Premium now.

Already a GenomeWeb Premium member? Login Now.
Or, See if your institution qualifies for premium access.

*Before your trial expires, we’ll put together a custom quote with your long-term premium options.

Not ready for premium?

Register for Free Content
You can still register for access to our free content.

Breaking News

The Scan

Theranos' Holmes Indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh Balwani for alleged wire fraud in conjunction with their activities at Theranos.

Mixed Reaction

Nature News reports that some developers are nervous about GitHub's acquisition by Microsoft.

Already Used

A direct-to-consumer genetic testing company sent out used spit kits, CNBC reports.

This Week in PLOS

In PLOS this week: comparison of commercial bisulfite kits, new method to predict essential proteins, and more

Featured White Papers

What to Look for in an Informatics Platform for Biologics R&D

STARLIMS Quality Manufacturing Solution Interfacing with 3rd party systems

STARLIMS Biorepository Solution Helps Fortune 200 Company Boost Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness, And Increase Sample Management By 25 Percent

Integrating Next Generation Sequencing Into Mainstream Laboratory Testing

Jun

21

Featured Webinar

Evaluation & Implementation of NGS Liquid Biopsy Assays

This webinar will provide a detailed look at how a genomics lab implemented next-generation sequencing (NGS) liquid biopsy assays into its in-house clinical research program.

Jul

10

Featured Webinar

Case Study: Genetic Testing Lab Sees 25-Fold Scaleup with New Informatics System

This webinar offers a look at how an advanced genetics laboratory implemented and validated a commercial bioinformatics system to help scale its operations.

Jul

11

Featured Webinar

Accelerating Patient Diagnosis with Automated Literature Curation for Inherited Disease

This webinar will discuss an approach for automating variant classification based on the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guidelines.

Jul

12

Featured Webinar

GW/ABRF 2018 Webinar Series: Analyzing the Human Brainome to Understand Alzheimer’s Disease Development : Genome, Transcriptome, Proteome, and Phenome Interaction in Human Cortex

This webinar will discuss a project that is analyzing the “Human Brainome” – genome, transcriptome, proteome, and phenome interaction data -- to gain insights into Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis.

Main menu