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Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this … fungi synthesize molecules that are sources of new chemical diversity; the team identified what looked to be three …

Igor Grigoriev from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … to terrestrial habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of …

… their 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers , which includes 10 affiliated with the JGI . The 2019 list focused … to: Project Manager Kerrie Barry, Cross-Field Category Fungal and Algal Program head Igor Grigoriev , Plant & … Woyke , Biology & Biochemistry category Some highlights from projects each of these researchers were involved in …

… to the chemicals that make species unique and different from one another. They are incredibly important to medicine, the environment, and human health. As the JGI acts on …