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… host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with … friends or foes. The Impact Microbial communities comprised of fungi and bacteria can thrive in plant roots. They play … the plant’s health and diversity, which can in turn boost yields for both food and for candidate bioenergy feedstock …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many crops have multiple sets of chromosomes (they are “polyploid”) and their complex … as an entire sugarcane gene and its associated regulatory elements. Sequenced segments of sugarcane-genome-containing …

… Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium Graduate Interns … Shayna Bennett and mentor Robert Bowers, Mobile Genetic Elements and CRISPR Spacers in the Conifer Needle Microbiome …

… to aid with genome assembly and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects.  More … Note that beyond quantity, input quality (i.e., presence of “intact” high-molecular weight DNA) is an important … metagenomes are currently sequenced without pooling, which yields ~ 180 Gb of data per library. Q: How much …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation … environment and focuses on sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … with light availability. A long-running time-series study offers a first glimpse into a full season’s cycle of this polar environment. This cycle suggests a reliance on … (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… The JGI is leveraging its current partnerships to offer new capabilities and resources to users through a BER … is discoverable and accessible. Linking the resources of powerful institutions like the JGI, KBase, NCBI, NMDC, … access to diverse datasets that deepen our understanding of how organisms interact with each other and with their …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … aims for bioenergy feedstock crops are increasing their yields and improving their abilities to adapt to extreme … Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and …