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… -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems … thrives in saltwater (halotolerant) and produces the most biomass to date of any such strain, identified through a … The Impact Part of the Department of Energy’s work toward developing a clean energy economy is developing alternative …

…   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions of years evolving … a chemical and biological engineer at the University of California Santa Barbara. So plants don’t break down without a … tools beyond biomass breakdown, extending into biochemical production.    Over time, as these projects have delivered …

… protocols provided by JGI and the JGI user community below for DNA preparation tools, high molecular-weight DNA … Tips for High Molecular Weight DNA extraction: …

… the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a … model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel applications. The Impact Sphagnum’s impact … regulator since sulfate-reducing microbes prevent methane production by routing the carbon away from methanogens. …

… and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for breeders and researchers to harness the traits that let this biomass powerhouse thrive. Within its genome, Sorghum … bicolor holds keys to drought and flood resilience, biomass production for fuels, and growth in poor soils. In addition …

… Sorghum genome serves as a reference for the highly complex sugarcane genome . The Science Most … JGI Community Science Program (CSP), a critical factor in developing sugarcane as a sustainable bioenergy feedstocks. … crop that very efficiently converts solar energy into plant biomass, which can then be crushed to extract the …

… “Adopt a Genome” is an informal program for faculty to “claim” the JGI’s unpublished microbial … genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI though not formally analyzed or published.  The purpose of the program … insights from sequence data, employing IMG data and tools for comparative analysis, visualization and interpretation …