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… microbiome science to help make plants more resilient to drought. …

… project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether … types, Martin and his team combed soil samples to see which genes these three fungal guilds used to grow and metabolize … an investment portfolio. If a stress like wildfire or drought threatens some fungal species, other fungi will fill …

… functional assay lets us move beyond cataloging the genes of microorganisms and start making quantitative …

… of the Institut Pasteur in France, the importance of methanogenesis and the presence of methanogens in nearly all types … well as tools for analysis. “There is evidence that methanogenesis is one of the oldest metabolisms, with the first … them as belonging to the Korarchaeota phylum. The finding tripled the known number of Korarchaeota genomes, …

… 2007, the JGI has been working on identifying switchgrass genes related to biomass production, drought tolerance, and other traits that make it a viable … Switchgrass has a large polyploid genome, which means most genes are found as multiple copies across the chromosomes. …

… hear two interns from the 2021 cohort describe their deep dives into genomics, computational tools, and big data.  …

… group. In 2011, they inventoried a swath of blueprints to find parts that photosynthesizers share. The end result was a list of genes, termed  The GreenCut2 Resource . It details 597 genes … similar protein domains exist in plants and algae, these findings could pave the way for insight into other …

… hit around nine or 10, which is thought to be where we’re going to level off. And that’s in a single lifetime, right? … I mean, they literally may be the key to keeping things going, our agricultural systems could become more …