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Genomic Analysis of Aspergillus Section Terrei Reveals a High Potential in Secondary Metabolite Production and Plant Biomass Degradation
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Contribution of calcium ligands in substrate binding and product release in the Acetovibrio thermocellus glycoside hydrolase family 9 cellulase CelR
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Genome-resolved correlation mapping links microbial community structure to metabolic interactions driving methane production from wastewater
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Restoring wetlands on intensive agricultural lands modifies nitrogen cycling microbial communities and reduces N2O production potential
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Sequence-based bioprospecting of myo-inositol oxygenase (Miox) reveals new homologues that increase glucaric acid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Experimenting with EcoFABs for Student Labs - Jill Bouchard & Ying Wang
Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the … compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos Community College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard’s BIO 21 lab course. …
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Special Initiatives & Programs
Overview The JGI provides sequencing, synthesis, and targeted metabolomics support for … critical cost barriers to sustainable, economically viable production of bio-based products and advanced biofuels. The … of perennials. CBI creates methods for high-yield production of advanced biofuels that can be blended with …
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Gotta Catch 'Em Gall
Kasey Markel and Patrick Shih (UC Berkeley and the Joint BioEnergy Institute) are looking for new ways to engineer plants. So they’ve looked into …
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Laccase and Its Role in Production of Extracellular Reactive Oxygen Species during Wood Decay by the Brown Rot Basidiomycete Postia placenta▿ †
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Characterization of the Clostridium thermocellum AdhE, NfnAB, ferredoxin and Pfor proteins for their ability to support high titer ethanol production in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum
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A Natural Mechanism Can Turbocharge Viral Evolution
Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly … cells or hosts. This ability isn’t enough to make them super viruses, though, said Roux. There’s a gauntlet of …
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Expanding Virophage Diversity
Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant viruses. Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that …
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