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… a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within poplar trees, and … were striking. Adding PM193 caused poplar cuttings to grow about 30 percent larger by dry weight than without PM193  . …

… Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) … Program, and coordinates the development of the virus and plasmid workflows for the National Microbiome Data … for data quality and sharing, and data workflows and management best practices that have advanced the microbial …

… exist without cocoa According to the  International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), global cocoa bean production in … annotation was developing a high quality node for cacao used for systemic orthology to enable use for both cacao functional biology and breeding.     …

… Genomics, and Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science calls. These documents have been shared with … insights in lignin biosynthetic pathway edited populus … of simplified soil communities with high and low carbon use efficiency across differing moisture treatments …

… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … synthesis of secondary metabolites, in line with the JGI’s strategic initiatives. These specialized compounds enable … information as well as of important descriptive metadata about each strain. “This has been a very fruitful …

… bioinformatics pipelines and a laboratory information management (LIMS) system. He previously led the NGS Software team and metagenomic data platform … discovery platform. WO2021163637A1 , PCT application PCT/US2021/018050 (published 2021). Arkin, AP, et al. KBase: The …

… resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel … is estimated to be larger than any other single plant genus. Peatlands accumulate partially decomposed matter, and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … repositories, as well as project data entered by external users. The Impact One of the significant challenges in … in centigrade, and more.  The four level project organization system implemented in GOLD consist of: Studies, …

… In late June, Kathleen Lail, a member of JGI’s Sample Management Group, attended a conference in Florida to discuss a JGI pilot project involving soil sampling in the … the next generation of scientists. She shares her thoughts about the experience below. In the summer of 2018, Jonathan …

… be single bacterial cells, visible to the naked eye. The unusual size is notable because bacteria aren’t usually … explained. “This kind of discovery opens new questions about bacterial morphotypes that have never been studied … microorganisms. “We started this project under the JGI’s strategic thrust of inter-organismal interactions, because …