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Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted to expand its habitat range. … guest piece, postdoctoral researcher Joseph Napier from the Juenger lab and computational biologist Paul …

Harnessing BER-funded data resources, researchers built an interactive and … energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had found other ways to produce energy, using a process … recently compiled a list of with more than 8,300 organisms from multiple sources, including the U.S. Department of …

… merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies from … All three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles and can be easily transformed, traits that make …

… vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep in … This means they hold clues for understanding how life thrives in extreme environments. They also produce a … and other microorganisms that live there.  Researchers from Portland State University and the University of …

Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm microbial diversity is … exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. When … ‘Dark Matter’ Microbial communities living everywhere from soils and stomachs to the deep sea are capable of doing …