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… bioeconomy, including, potentially, methane as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these … to sample the entirety of a microbial community out in its natural environment, scientists have shown at least two … — but also you do not even know if they’re actually being used at all, so to speak. They could just be switched …

… economic impact of $500 billion worldwide underscores its value and importance in the fabric of our lives. In the … JGI’s  Plant Program , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for … establishes new opportunities in multiple basic and applied scientific disciplines that relate directly and indirectly …

… PhycoCosm is one of the largest data repositories of its kind, with an interactive browser that allows algal … They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have potential as biofuel … PhycoCosm has many components that make it useful for scientific inquiry: it shows a full phylogenetic tree of …

… and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Maximizing … biofuels and that’s a good niche market for soybean.”  Upon its initial release in 2009, the soybean genome sequence … discoveries. Stacey noted that even prior to the sequence being published in  Nature , immediate progress had already …

… and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. The 1KFG project … of fungal phenotypes and a myriad of ecologies.” The Open Green Genomes Initiative is the product of a 2018 Community … genomes in progress. One unique aspect of this project is its focus on wild species as opposed to crop plants. Because …

… genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, trucks — and more …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop … and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies highlight the … an answer is in sight for a similar question. In a recent Scientific Advances article , a team led by McDaniel and his …

… that harbor a fantastic diversity of cell types and associated organisms, including fungal and bacterial symbionts, detrimental microbial pathogens, and associated viruses that all contribute to a dynamic ecosystem. … and computational genomics to better understand the plant-associated terrestrial world. Research Team    …