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… to enable biological discovery by the JGI and external DOE users. Adopting the latest  sequencing technologies has … significantly lowering costs. Staff process samples, perform quality checks, and prep libraries for sequencing. They apply Lean Six Sigma practices to …

… matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within … by dry weight than without PM193  . By contrast, using a different endophytic fungus,  Ilyonectria europaea , had no … team also observed that the plants instead put more energy into growth, noting they increased expression of genes …

… above the leaf debris are revealed to be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size is notable … “It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. To put it into context, it would be like a human encountering another … Woyke said. “Yet the project took us into a very different direction,” she added. Volland took on the …

… soil saprotrophs, which degrade plant detritus. Despite the different modes of nutrition, many of these soil fungi have … (form symbiotic relationships outside of the root cells) lineages. To learn why, researchers analyzed 135 … species, such as nutrient transporters, were co-opted into symbiotic functions. Recently published in  Nature …

… manage the growth, yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to … salinity determine how life thrives in the Arctic, and how different types of microbes form communities. As … significant stress with a higher proportion of dead cells recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and …

… sequencing, new sequencing technologies, and related informatics; overview of the scientific programs at the JGI; … of CSP projects and, with concurrence from the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program, set the final sequence allocation for this program. …