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… school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer … Everglades in Palm Beach County, and particularly about the microbes that play roles in the methane cycle. Their data report, which provides the only …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that “taught” … Lab), has generated a more accurate phylogenetic tree tracking the evolution of  Dothideomycetes fungi. The  work … The work conducted by the U.S. 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 … metabolism furthers the U.S. Department of Energy’s goal of producing sustainable fuels from alternative sources. …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break … which degrade plant detritus. Despite the different modes of nutrition, many of these soil fungi have independently …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … , is recognized as a mutualist, where both species of organism benefit from association, but was predicted to … light on a poorly understood group of oleaginous or oil-producing fungi, and the impact this mutualistic interaction …

… Leveraging decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum … bioproducts. Historically, work on sorghum has focused on producing high-quality reference genomes. By cataloguing a … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… Dr. Malmstrom is a Staff Scientist and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 … genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. After joining the JGI, he formed the …

… “Where’s Waldo?” readers need to look for a number of distinguishing features. Several characters may be … glasses, or a cane, but only Waldo will have all of these features. As described July 22, 2019, in  Nature … , a team led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office …

… Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia polymorpha. Commonly known as … and innovation program (grant agreement no. 101001675-ORIGINS) and from the FRM/FSER (FRM/FSER202302017064) to …

… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … senior author of the study. “Prokaryotes are not capable of producing all the juicy proteins and lipids that eukaryotes …

… uses single-cell genomics and metagenomics to explore how microbes influence people and the environment. This includes … studying the diversity, physiology and community ecology of microbes sampled from the natural environment. …

… 2016, Dr. Otani has been studying secondary metabolism in microbes, particularly actinomycetes. His research activity … technologies and methodologies that facilitate discovery of new secondary metabolites. Prior to joining the JGI, he … particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which metabolites. …