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… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … changes in protein sequences, while others analyzed single point mutations across the genome or changes to the … resources — including the eelgrass genome assembly that enabled analysis of the whole genome duplication event — …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … Research (BER) program, together with understanding enabled by Basic Energy Sciences (BES) programs, they were … innovation ecosystem. “At JGI, we’ve done the synthesis, metagenome mining, all the way from sequencing to functional …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … species? Or, do they tend to specialize, infecting just a single host? Another wrinkle in the mystery is that viruses … kill outright, replicating so thoroughly that they lyse the cell — a process called lytic infection. But some viruses …

… Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant representatives of deep subsurface ecosystems. A team of researchers … nitrogen, but the viruses that infect Altiarchaea cause the cells to burst. This action triggers subsurface carbon …

…   The Science Scientists have fully decoded the genome of an oil-producing green alga, and demonstrated precise … gene targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid of two … This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Biological and …