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Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted to expand its … of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (HudsonAlpha), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … differences among mutant maize strains, deploying gene editing to knock out four critical zealexin pathway genes. … synthesized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently … associations allow host plants, such as candidate  bioenergy feedstock crops, to acquire nutrients. …

… technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global research … the microbial diversity we know about, and proposes a path forward to curate and cultivate what is still unknown.  “We … that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  DOE’s Office of Science is the largest supporter …

Brachypodium model system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), relied on a model grass system for answers. Their work  recently appeared in  Nature … compare multiple polyploid genomes to the pan-genome to better estimate post-polyploidization evolution.” One …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and two DOE Bioenergy Research Centers, the Joint BioEnergy Institute …

… results from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … to its high recovery of single-cell genomes. This is key to better understanding all the organisms that live in our …

… relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days occur in April: … get the carbon dioxide they need. Karolina is working to better understand what genetic features make CAM possible. …

… -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems … multiple institutions have sequenced and analyzed the genome of an alga that thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) … alternative sustainable fuel sources. Developing candidate bioenergy feedstocks that can thrive in saltwater mitigates …