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Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale … interactions in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Microbiome 199 Needham, D.M. et al. 2019. A distinct … D. et al. 2016. SAR11 bacteria linked to ocean anoxia and nitrogen loss. Nature 536 (7615), 179 Hatzenpichler, R. et …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … It also plays an important role in soil health through nitrogen-fixation and holds clues for maximizing soybean, … JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; Phil McClean of North Dakota State University; Dan Rokhsar of the …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The Science Changing an A, C, T or G in a genome … DNA and transposons in methylated cytosine clusters (MCCs – similar to the MAC clusters for 6mA), rather than in …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant … clues left some researchers wondering if perhaps the accepted narrative wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic …

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus … in the global  carbon cycle . As decayers, Lentinula fungi access carbon previously locked away in wood, converting it …

P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. … last 40 years, summer sea ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. … significant signs of recovery through increased nutrient uptake and decreased cell death.  Scientists then extracted …

High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for …

This year the AGU Fall Meeting, with the theme “Science is … PT (online) Town Hall on the role of user facilities in accelerating research and tips for submitting successful … Restoration on Intensive Agricultural Lands Changes Nitrogen Cycling Microbial Communities and Reduces N2O …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their … to be larger than any other single plant genus. Peatlands accumulate partially decomposed matter, and researchers … associations with methane oxidizing bacteria, nutrient uptake, and its productivity and decomposition rates. …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of … max ) also has the advantage of reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer. These impressive environmental and … to sequence — roughly 1.25 billion Gb (gigabasepairs — most fungi are around 50 million Mb, or megabases, in size). So, …

Machine learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene … genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by lifestyles. The machine “learned” to identify data … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has generated a more accurate phylogenetic tree tracking the evolution of  …