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… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … database maintained by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science … Archaea and Eukarya.   One genome, two metabolic pathways “Up to this point, most phylogenomic trees have relied on …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … one of the largest carbon sinks in the ocean — occupying just 0.2% of the ocean floor, these meadows are … Data Science (grant number HIDSS-0005) and by a grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy …

The 11th cohort of JGI-UC Merced interns pick highlights from their summer … experiences. This year the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The … well as material that can be converted to energy, are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex … decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat bogs also serve the …

The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … species has revealed, for the first time, that this group is unexpectedly powerful: they can whip up dozens of … genomes were sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …

… online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional diversity of microbes through a novel approach … by a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science … more than doubled the number of protein families known up until now, and identified many novel structure …

Tanja Woyke , who has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in … eminent leaders in the field of microbiology and are relied upon for authoritative advice and insight on critical issues … Symposium which is being held in conjunction with the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s 15th Annual Genomics of Energy …

Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … the polar regions to the deep ocean, cold environments occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, … long ago, this shift to archaea being the main producer doesn’t occur here. Understanding this fundamental …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … and biofuels . This first report of their work, supported through the Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science …