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… David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing … is a division of labor by these bacterial groups. But why the strain variability? The authors think the reason may … be that polysaccharide-degrading enzymes are secreted. It’s like giving everyone a fork — all strains can potentially …

… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics … Jill Banfield approached Doudna with repeated genetic sequences (already known as CRISPR) that came up in her … a wide range of new questions — from basic research, like learning how to optimize the gene editing function of …

… For the first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in … National Laboratory, used single-cell sequencing to sequence both a cell’s genome and detect accompanying viral … that viruses don’t diffuse well through the mat, so they’re likely constrained to a local population of host cells. If …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new … from similar organisms, researchers have gained insights on why the dry rot ( Serpula lacrymans ) is so destructive in … Serpula species, S. himantioides from Europe, that was sequenced and analyzed by the JGI. The researchers found …

… The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The … time of publication, it is the largest repository of BGC sequence data from over 1.3 million publicly available … on solutions.  Compared with past efforts at the JGI, like IMG-ABC, and other academic efforts, SMC is already the …

… Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples … many parts of the country also helped the team understand why some switchgrass plants from the Northeast have traits …

… Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC … in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a genome sequence can lead to changes in protein structures and … (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and others like it, are uncovering the true diversity of the fungal …