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… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … genomes to a diploid state while retaining multiple copies of some genes. This polyploidization process is ongoing and … and a JGI Flagship Plant. All three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles and can be …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) and produces the most biomass to date of any such strain, identified through a … the United States has the capacity to produce enough algal biomass to yield the equivalent of 10-27 billion gasoline …

… water, which were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M …

… Biofuels and bioproducts are a way to kick our addiction to … the versatile bacterium Pseudomonas putida to break down biomass and help bring about a more sustainable, biobased … Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) , a JGI partner and one of the four US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research …

… . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to … array of simple and complex components present in plant biomass. This is of interest for bioenergy researchers … in what order to most efficiently degrade the plant biomass. In order to learn more about these regulatory …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, … plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the beach. For …

… online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … of unique things when it comes to energy cycles — turning biomass into things like ethanol or hydrogen, or solar … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary Water temperatures … funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery program grants to C.L. Support …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove … and make use of it, it would change the entire landscape of biomass production and bioproduct engineering. Summary That …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many … crop that very efficiently converts solar energy into plant biomass, which can then be crushed to extract the … and disease, as well as targeting genes to improve biomass and sugar yield for biofuel production. …