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… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers … gaseous organic sulfur compounds in the atmosphere.  Beyond bacteria, this enzymatic machinery has potential as an … how such inter-Facility collaborations through the Genomes to Structure and Function focus area of the JGI’s …

… Novel archaeal lineage found in Yellowstone may have been important in early Earth conditions. The Science Through a combination of sequencing … metagenome assemblies, transcriptomes and single amplified genomes from samples collected from several locations to …

… Fine-tuning metabolic gene expression helps identify variants in yeast genes. The Science … a more nuanced library approach to tuning gene expression in metabolic pathways. Compared to the traditional way, which leverages an all-or-nothing approach to … No. FA9550-14-1-0089, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and the JGI Synthesis Program under FP00005685. In …

… Genome Institute, the end of 2018 was marked by a celebration of contributing over one “petabase” – a quadrillion nucleotide bases of DNA …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to … cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and … capable of naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods …

… To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely on enzymes that have been evolving for billions of years. … of these enzymes across 90 species. They queried the genomes of 15 species from each of six kingdoms: eubacteria, …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria (phototrophs) in … the norm when it comes to nutrient cycling in polar regions. While microbial populations in other Antarctic lakes … Antarctic Science program (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… Maureen is currently developing new high-resolution and high-throughput methods to link uncultivated viruses …

… of Energy user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Holly Bik of the University of Georgia, Greg Bonito of Michigan State University, Jonathan Eisen of the University of California, Davis, and …

… Summer 2025 marked the second year of Alabama A&M University students coming to the … the previous year’s project, undergraduate interns Tamyra Long and Zyiah Mikes worked with mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium …

… word. The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of antibiotics, and a deeper … are also abundant in soil and can be used as biocontrol agents and to promote plant growth. It is the largest genus within Actinobacteria and therefore a cornerstone of ActinoBase,  a public platform built on the knowledge …

… fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in … Excellence Fund to Sentinelle Nord is acknowledged. Additional support was by way of the Fonds de recherche du Québec …