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… impressive environmental and energy advantages explain why soybean is a flagship genome of the JGI’s Plant Program. … first legume species with a published complete draft genome sequence. At the time, the vital global source of both … is maintained alive. Once a crop is infected, ASR can decimate up to 60-90% of its yield.  (Learn more about the …

… do on the leaf surface. More specifically, they found that microbial community composition and functional potential … potentially influencing local air chemistry and the formation of atmospheric aerosols. Understanding the … taxonomic makeup and functional potential of needle-surface communities.  Part of the work was done through a summer …

… to as natural products, the proposal includes plans to sequence several thousand Actinobacteria strains and then … through photosynthesis, but only a fraction have been sequenced.  Adriana Lopes dos Santos from Singapore’s … The work builds upon a pilot project to sequence antimicrobial-producing strains. Established by Handelsman, Tiny …

… a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the … and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not sure why we systematically manage to miss them; maybe it’s due to … first worked on a reference dataset that included genome sequences known to be affiliated with the Inoviridae. “What …

… Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities — from freshwater estuaries reshaped by dam removal to Antarctica’s photosynthetic mats — to reveal how these systems adapt and contribute to …

… So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s …