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… flood risks and filtering water. Peat formed there over thousands of years sequesters more carbon than all other … the hummocks or the more water-logged hollows below. These preferences affect their growth rates, decomposition, and … Laboratory, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team …

… In 2003, Dr. Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute … Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of … of human epilepsy and subsequently generated one of the first mouse models for this common neurological disorder. In …

… about 200,000 fungal species have been named. Among those sequenced, roughly half of all genes have completely unknown … parts lists for biotechnology, bioenergy and biomaterials,” said Igor Grigoriev, head of the JGI’s Fungal and Algal … in the review show that machine learning techniques can successfully predict fungal lifestyles and ecological niches …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative analysis … available targets on the synteny page. 7.  Q: What is the success rate for CSP? What makes a successful CSP? A: … populated by algal genomes thus defined. We also have some reference plant genomes to help with comparative studies of …

… the JGI’s  Community Science Program , the team generated reference genomes for  B. hybridum and  B. stacei , as well … experiments between ancestral and recent  B. hybridum accessions produced infertile F1 descendants (first offspring of the parents), posing the question if they …

… of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they … a chemical engineer at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara, collected the droppings of a sheep and a goat … finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental sample beyond the tried-and-true method of traditional … recent Nature Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA stable isotope …

… chromosomes. Switchgrass has deep roots that allow it to access nutrients easily from a variety of soils and has a … Through the JGI’s Community Science Program , JGI sequenced and assembled near-complete genomes of P. hallii … from across the species range. With these high-quality reference genomes for P. hallii , researchers can identify …