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A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of … specific catches. A similar technique has been developed by researchers led by Tanja Woyke at the U.S. Department of … To validate the predicted cellulases from their captured genomes, the team then used DNA synthesis and cloning, …

… last 40 years, summer sea ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. … several points in time to assess nutrient concentration and cell death. Immediately upon transfer, the experimental … significant stress with a higher proportion of dead cells recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and …

… alga  Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , one of the JGI’s Flagship genomes. She and her colleagues have generated a … mutant library in Chlamy, as the alga is colloquially known by researchers. A missing gene from this mutant library … group, one of the four proposals selected is led by Eoin Brodie of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory …

… a suite of tools to automate sequence design for assembly by Gibson, Yeast recombination and Golden Gate methods …

… page of that book. Published online September 28, 2022, in Cell , a team led by researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel, the … datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then looked into …

Rumen microbes have the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans could do … scientists to study microorganisms that can’t be cultured by analyzing and then extrapolating data obtained from … coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from these environmental samples,” said Matthias …

… in 29 U.S. states and 35 countries. (Graphic: Neil Byers) The JGI launched the 1000 Fungal Genomes (1KFG) Project through a 2012 Community Science … State University led the effort to sequence 1000 fungal genomes to create two reference genomes for all fungi …

… model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley … decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … enriching the work being done as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Funding for the project was also provided …

… and environmental challenges. Chlamydomonas is a single-celled alga with a unique place in evolutionary history. … 7,000 genes with other organisms (a third of those shared by both humans and flowering plants). Its genome also … impact. Her lab has sequenced four additional green algal genomes using Chlamy as a reference for functional …

For the first time, a team has analyzed in parallel the genomes and transcriptomes of both partners to better … are able to partner to form lichens. Studying the symbiosis by investigating a lichen’s genomes and transcriptomes could … the fungus and alga, either separately or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also …