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… Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a dataset of microbial genomes sampled from rivers covering 90% of the watersheds in the continental United States. They …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The … and female sexes. For the first time, the sex chromosomes of shrub willow have been sequenced with sufficient … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program …

… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these … bioproducts. At NREL, Luke Dahlin in Michael Guarnieri’s group led the effort to screen 107 algal strains, growing them … At LANL, Tisza Bell in Shawn Starkenburg’s group conducted a series of experiments on the Scenedesmus …

… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … moved to a lower-salinity environment with how a control group responded when moved to an environment of comparable … assess nutrient concentration and cell death. Immediately upon transfer, the experimental samples exhibited …

… Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical labelling approach. The Impact … in the samples that corresponded to eight separate groups of viruses. To visualize one particular viral genome in …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments … a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , … early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity … to terrestrial plants showcases how early plants built upon an ancient genetic framework to thrive outside aquatic …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … shows how anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the stomachs of livestock — are actually capable of naturally modifying …

… The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … impact on the microbial communities within soil. Using metagenomics, scientists can shed light on hidden components, … Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with additional support from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. After …

… Described as the “DOE Tree,” poplar is considered one of the  Flagship Plants for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of …