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… Ancient Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … . Since these bacteria lack complete biochemical pathways to break down plant material on their own, they …
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… ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with … surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance and ability to adapt to … fertilizers. By understanding the genetic and metabolic pathways involved in stress responses, scientists can better …
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… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome assemblies … contamination, and drought. The moss genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be …
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… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and … intricate connections, and many, many moving parts. A lot of these moving parts are proteins — amino acid structures …
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… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in Nature … , a team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …
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… online Oct. 11, 2023 in Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach to better understand … at protein function within them. The work was led by a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …
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… in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global … in Science Advances , researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …
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… hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was led by researchers at two U.S. Department of Energy national user facilities – the DOE Joint Genome … in the development and biotechnology applications of various biomaterials. These efforts align with BER …
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… The JGI was honored to host some of the brightest minds in genetics as part of our 2022 Annual Meeting . The meeting was a hybrid … keynote speeches from Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …
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… 21-23, 2023, attendees joined the JGI Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting. A wide array of invited speakers shared how research infrastructure – DNA … most pressing energy and environment challenges. The JGI offers these solutions to the worldwide scientific community …
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… Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions of years … and porting parts from nature — enzymes, transporters, pathways — into microbes that we do know, to advance our …
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… to current problems facing humanity. A major focus are biofuel feedstock species and plant-microbe interactions, … a plant based bioeconomy where plants are a major source of chemical production and contribute to a healthier planet … The Plant Program advances our understanding of plants’ biological and ecological roles to foster …
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