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… scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which were isolated from diverse freshwater … Arising in tandem from the same ancestor, these algae are considered sisters to land plants, based on shared … critical insights into the common ancestry of these algae and land plants. Researchers identified key genes …

… to work with single organisms and mixed cultures of fungi, algae, protists, bacteria, archaea, viruses, plants, … the dynamics (or roles) of single species of bacteria/algae/fungi, or is mixed culture (polyculture) also …

… were able to identify specific genes that allow the algae to adapt to sudden drops in salt levels, enabling it … more fresh water — and less salt — near the surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s … better manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass …

… foundation for metabolic engineering in oleaginous algae. By creating a telomere-to-telomere nuclear genome … genetic modifications usually insert randomly in other algae, this organism lets scientists place new genes … with only 7,500 genes, compared to 17,000 in the model alga Chlamydomonas . The genome is also compact at 22 megabases …

… on a single molecule of mRNA – in two species of green algae, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chromochloris zofingiensis . “I was scrutinizing the genes of one of our species of algae and kept seeing what looked like mistakes by the gene …

… IP All work performed by JGI/Berkeley Lab Typically smaller budget projects; full cost recovery paid by partner; …