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… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be … sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, then tested for heat and pH stress by Oak Ridge …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of … biogeography in the haloarchaeal gene pool, a team led by University of New South Wales (UNSW)-Sydney professor Rick … (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… A team has optimized a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in … tool will make the right cut, researchers created a set of guide RNAs that were effective against 94 percent of the … and his advisor Ian Wheeldon, a chemical engineer at the University of California, Riverside. The team also included …

… microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, metatranscriptomes), as well as the genomes of … — then a postdoctoral associate in Ed DeLong’s group at the University of Hawaii at Manoa — and colleagues were able to …

… validating an integrated approach to genome recovery from metagenomes. The Science Through the JGI’s Emerging … been utilizing metagenomics as a way to study a collection of hard-to-culture microbes, but the efficacy of this … team led by longtime JGI collaborator Jill Banfield of the University of California, Berkeley and involving JGI …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, … specimen. Stephen DiFazio, plant biologist at West Virginia University (WVU), led the study’s international team, which … some songbird W chromosomes — suggest that they are advantageous enough to have evolved multiple times independently. …

… For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually … team led by Daniele Armaleo, a biologist at Duke University, investigated Gray’s Cup lichen  (Cladonia grayi) …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference … across Europe and Asia. CABBI partners include the University of California, Berkeley and the HudsonAlpha … Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and …

… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have … study’s senior author Alisa Huffaker, a biologist at the University of California, San Diego. The findings could help …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, … previously developed combined approach, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the Joint Genome …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of giant viruses. The Science In the last thirty years, in … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and Aix Marseille University located in Marseille, France, leverage their …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … rotation, but soybean ( Glycine max ) also has the advantage of reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer. These … After analyzing the original sequence, Gary Stacey of the University of Missouri said he and his colleagues had …