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… material of uncultivated taxa of interest. One such effort is targeted at environmental cells that are from … genomes are critical to serve as phylogenetic anchors for metagenomes studies.  While uncovering the metabolic … Woyke T ., Wang Z. & Rubin E.M. Metagenomic discovery of biomass-degrading genes and genomes from cow rumen. Science …

Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct … array of simple and complex components present in plant biomass. This is of interest for bioenergy researchers looking to improve the industrial production of sustainable biofuels and bioproducts. …

… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove … anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastix californiae) on sorghum, switchgrass and poplar, then monitored changes to the …