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… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global … to climate change and devastating fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years … through the Cacao Genome Database project. The genome sequence was assembled by the plant team at the  HudsonAlpha …

… Trained on environmental data, a new JGI tool more accurately facilitates microbial genome … community able to not just analyze but also create DNA sequences mimicking an array of microbial life. By … an extensive 25-year study of microbial communities in freshwater environments, the long-term ecological Harvard …

… fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done … relationships outside of the root cells) lineages. To learn why, researchers analyzed 135 fungal genomes representing …

… that utilize microfluidics/microdroplet technology in order to enhance the quality of single-cell genomes and directly … The JGI uniquely offers the first quantitative Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) Metagenomics pipeline that utilizes internal analytical standards to accurately measure environmental microbiome activity …

… Sample Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil sampling in … samples to the JGI for sequencing.  While JGI processed, sequenced, and analyzed the soil samples, the JGI offered 7 … enormous data set on the IMG portal. The class discovered Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Proteobacteria to be the …

… at how researchers get these specialized snapshots of a freshwater ecosystem. …