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… fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual … The cuttings included genotypes from the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), predecessor of  DOE’s Center for … at the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract …

… on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an … plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and feedstocks for biomass and biofuel production. Learning … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… transcription factors with their target genes. The Science Regulons are a group of genes that can be turned on … coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions is part … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful, high-throughput … of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Y. lipolytica is a tantalizing … gene is actually essential. Through the JGI’s  Community Science Program , the scientists thus set out to identify …

… provide insights into environmental tendencies The Science The  Metagenome Stability Diagram — a tool within the Integrated … predicted functional and metabolic roles across global metagenomes (within IMG).  The Impact The initial analysis … Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science …

… on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature paper , researchers describe a … points to the information. The team harnessed a community-science program to collect samples from across the country … National Laboratory. The JGI sequenced over 1,000 metagenomes and established standardized sequencing protocols …

… diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same … and transcriptome sequencing were enabled by the Community Science Program (CSP) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through the Community Science Program . The comparative framework provided by …

… hallii genomes offer insights to drought tolerance. The Science Researchers have developed a genomic model to study … switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) is a candidate bioenergy feedstock with a complex genome with multiple copies of its … at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, report the culmination of nearly a …

… and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that … turn boost yields for both food and for candidate bioenergy feedstock crops. Summary A plant is like an office building, … of the key community participants and enabling future metagenomics studies.   …

… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … currently has more than 700,000 plasmids from genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. To lower barriers to … been downloaded thousands of times, receiving excellent feedback from the general research community. It can be  …

… community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Science Program , they were able to analyze the resulting metagenomic data. (Data from the project are available on the  …