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… fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A … enabling it to take in more nutrients to fuel growth. The Impact Over the last 40 years, summer sea ice in the Arctic … how life thrives in the Arctic, and how different types of microbes form communities. As temperatures fluctuate, salt …

… define the scope of work and outline roles and responsibilities resulting in a formal Statement of Work (SOW). … work performed at the JGI is initiated via the Work Initiation Process (WIP) interface. To submit a proposal, users must … JGI will need to register and create a login at https://signon.jgi.doe.gov ). Once users are notified that their …

Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, more and more virus sequences are being … the quality of metagenome-assembled viral genomes . The Impact The microbes that play key roles in cycling nutrients such as …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to … — are actually capable of naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use … skeleton. It’s more complex, and poisons enzymes and the  microbes that make them. It’s known that aerobic fungi, like …

Prodcast,” a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  DAN: Hello, and welcome back for Episode 7 of the Natural Prodcast. It’s been about a month now since we dropped our first six episodes, and now … and making a few technical tweaks, I think we’ll be on a pretty regular schedule for a while. Moving forward, …

Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three groups focused on HTP DNA design and assembly, strain engineering and … tool for targeted and genome-scale gRNA design and sequence extraction for prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Frontiers in … analysis on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals the impact of hydrogen peroxide on protein stress responses and …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.   … traits and gene expression when the fungus is present. The Impact Black cottonwood, or poplar, ( Populus trichocarpa ) … communication between the plant and fungus. Discovering how microbes can influence plant physiology helps scientists …

… work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar … to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In providing a reference sugarcane  genome , the JGI …