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… walls, while brown rot cannot break down the lignin but use cellulose. Finally, there are soil saprotrophs, which degrade plant detritus. Despite the different modes of nutrition, many of these … in moving toward functional genomics studies to learn more about the inner workings of plant-host and …

… from plants, microorganisms, and environmental samples using targeted and untargeted approaches. The webinar … would depend on the sample. However, we don’t do this because they typically contain salts and other contaminants that … with metabolomics analysis.  Q: Can you give us an idea about the scale of an average study? How many samples are …

… the world’s rivers and their microbial communities. He’s focusing on the Arkansas River and how microbes might be influencing its health.  He sat down with me to talk about his project, and riffed a bit on what it means in a more global context. As we approach Earth Day, I thought you might enjoy …

… at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Kyrpides’ research focus on Microbiome Research with an emphasis on Microbiome … bacteriophages. Cell . 185(21):4023-4037 Nayfach S, et al. (2021) Metagenomic compendium of 189,680 DNA viruses from the human gut microbiome. Nat Microbiol . …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and unknown. The challenge remains to learn more about what microbes are present in any given … spectrometry-based enzyme activity assay. The work was  reported in  The ISME Journal . While the screen caught …

… exist back then,” said Hal Alper, a University of Texas at Austin professor, “but we really first heard about the JGI synthesis grant during a presentation that … Prospective users are always welcome to contact one of us about possible proposals if it’s different from what is on …

Recent study shows eelgrass has been around about 2.5 million years less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most … of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  about 3 million years ago. The study shows that figure is …

Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors … Database (GOLD) administered by the DOE JGI. T.B.K Reddy, Kaushal‘s mentor, described his student’s contributions as … tasks we assigned.”       Click here to watch a video about the Biotech Partner summer interns at the JGI. What …