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… and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to … over 12,000 metagenomes from diverse environments and grouped those with similar microbial communities together. … to measure the collection of the microbiome’s genetic makeup. Microbes have specific tetranucleotide frequencies, and …

… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science … mushrooms are white rot fungi, belonging to an elite group of decomposers that can break down all of wood’s … still roamed central Asia. Afterward, Lentinula groups evolved further, to four major groups: a lineage in …

… . 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 … to sequence and assemble, in turn limiting the use of modern, genomic breeding in these crops. For diploid …

… Novel study looks at microbiomes in aerial surfaces of plants and their roles in plant health and environmental … their diverse genomic capabilities. Summary In a project supported by the JGI Community Science Program, University of … likely contributed. Additionally, some bacterial groups were quite specific to certain hosts, such as the …

… A collaborative team led by Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis … morels fruit under artificial environments, a technique to supply exogenous nutrients was developed. The exogenous … the morel mycelium is fulfilled by the exogenous nutrient supply to trigger its fruiting remains unknown. To interpret …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … al . In both studies, however, Olpidium was unexpectedly grouped with non-flagellated terrestrial fungi, but not with … and allowed the fungus to develop within the host root. Upon maturity, the cucumber roots were rinsed with cold …

… For many scientists, the culmination of their work into a written report that is published in a … above all else, determination. Rhondene Wint, an alumna of the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)-UC Merced internship … over a billion years old. It’s an insanely diverse group of organisms that include some delicious additions to a …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” … was over 95% successful at classifying the fungal genomes Support Vector Machine (SVM)-based prediction of lifestyle … Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The work was …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … one of the largest carbon sinks in the ocean — occupying just 0.2% of the ocean floor, these meadows are … is unique in that there are not many species able to occupy the regions where eelgrass flourishes. The plant can …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … Euryarchaeota .  Finding Methane-Making Microbes with Metagenomics  By leveraging metagenomics to sample the entirety … down potential sources of methanogenesis, with metagenomic support from the JGI. First they were able to identify the …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … fellow Paula Matheus Carnevali was working with a group of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) dubbed … and had found they were closely related to another group of MAGs later dubbed Saganbacteria. At the same time, …

… school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer … sure we could even complete a full project. Every other group I contacted was happy to offer advice but declined to … thank JGI enough for being willing to take a risk on a group of public high school students to see this project …