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Miriam Land is a researcher primarily affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans multiple intersecting scientific disciplines and addresses complex challenges in genomics, molecular biology, and environmental sciences.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • Metagenome-assembled genome extraction and analysis from microbiomes using KBase, 2022, Nature Protocols
  • Publisher Correction: Metagenome-assembled genome extraction and analysis from microbiomes using KBase, 2022, Nature Protocols
  • Genome Extraction from Shotgun Metagenome Sequence Data, 2021, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Moab Desert Crust - Sample 4E, 2021, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Complete genome sequence of Syntrophobotulus glycolicus type strain (FlGlyRT), 2020, HZI Open Repository (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Miriam Land include:

  • Benjamin Allen
  • Dylan Chivian
  • Sean P. Jungbluth
  • Paramvir Dehal
  • Elisha M. Wood-Charlson

Miriam Land's publications have appeared in these venues:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Nature Protocols
  • HZI Open Repository (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH)

The research fields and subfields their work engages with include:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geological Modeling and Analysis
  • Algorithms and Data Compression

Best Publications

  • Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification

    Doug Hyatt;Doug Hyatt;Gwo Liang Chen;Philip F. LoCascio;Miriam L. Land

  • KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase.

    Adam P. Arkin;Adam P. Arkin;Robert W. Cottingham;Christopher S. Henry;Nomi L. Harris

  • Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation

    Gabrielle Rocap;Frank W. Larimer;Frank W. Larimer;Jane Lamerdin;Stephanie Malfatti

  • Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris

    Frank W Larimer;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain;Loren John Hauser;Loren John Hauser;Jane Lamerdin

  • Insights into the evolution of Yersinia pestis through whole-genome comparison with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

    P. S G Chain;E. Carniel;F. W. Larimer;J. Lamerdin

  • Insights from 20 years of bacterial genome sequencing

    Miriam L. Land;Loren Hauser;Se-Ran Jun;Intawat Nookaew

  • The genome of a motile marine Synechococcus

    B. Palenik;B. Brahamsha;F. W. Larimer;F. W. Larimer;M. Land;M. Land

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium and Obligate Chemolithoautotroph Nitrosomonas europaea

    Patrick Chain;Patrick Chain;Jane Lamerdin;Jane Lamerdin;Frank Larimer;Frank Larimer;Warren Regala;Warren Regala

  • Comparison of the complete genome sequences of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a and pv. tomato DC3000

    Helene Feil;William S. Feil;Patrick Chain;Frank Larimer

  • Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 harbors a multi-replicon, 9.73-Mbp genome shaped for versatility

    Patrick S. G. Chain;Vincent J. Denef;Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis;Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis;Lisa M. Vergez;Lisa M. Vergez

  • Use of simulated data sets to evaluate the fidelity of metagenomic processing methods

    Konstantinos Mavromatis;Natalia Ivanova;Kerrie Barry;Harris Shapiro

  • Enigmatic, ultrasmall, uncultivated Archaea

    Brett J. Baker;Luis R. Comolli;Gregory J. Dick;Loren J. Hauser

  • The evolution of host specialization in the vertebrate gut symbiont Lactobacillus reuteri.

    Steven A. Frese;Andrew K. Benson;Gerald W. Tannock;Diane M. Loach

  • Mechanisms of Thermal Adaptation Revealed From the Genomes of the Antarctic Archaea Methanogenium frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii

    Neil F.W. Saunders;Torsten Thomas;Paul M.G. Curmi;John S. Mattick

  • Deinococcus geothermalis: The Pool of Extreme Radiation Resistance Genes Shrinks

    Kira S. Makarova;Marina V. Omelchenko;Elena K. Gaidamakova;Vera Y. Matrosova

  • Whole-Genome Analyses of Speciation Events in Pathogenic Brucellae

    Patrick S. G. Chain;Diego J. Comerci;Marcelo E. Tolmasky;Frank W. Larimer

  • Genome of the epsilonproteobacterial chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas denitrificans.

    Stefan M Sievert;Kathleen M Scott;Martin G Klotz;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain

  • Human chromosome 19 and related regions in mouse: conservative and lineage-specific evolution.

    Paramvir Dehal;Paramvir Dehal;Paul Predki;Anne S. Olsen;Art Kobayashi

  • Complete genome sequence of Nitrosospira multiformis, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from the soil environment.

    Jeanette M. Norton;Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Genetically Tractable Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis

    E. L. Hendrickson;R. Kaul;Y. Zhou;D. Bovee

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
Loren Hauser
Loren Hauser Digital Infuzion (United States)
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
John C. Detter
John C. Detter Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Natalia Ivanova
Natalia Ivanova Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Philip Hugenholtz
Philip Hugenholtz University of Queensland
David Bruce
David Bruce Pebble Labs

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