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A One-Stop Shop for Analyzing Algal Genomes
The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 algae. The Science … are important organisms. They play key roles in global carbon cycling, are sources of natural products, and have … The name PhycoCosm stems from the Greek phykos, meaning seaweed. Seaweeds are algae, but many kinds of algae exist. …
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Designer DNA: JGI Helps Users Blaze New Biosynthetic Pathways
A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes … Clostridium autoethanogenum. The microbe can utilize carbon oxides, including the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, …
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2025 NeLLi Symposium
Registration and Agenda Coming Soon!  Hosted by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Desert Research Institute, the 2025 NeLLi Symposium delves into the …
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From Stress to Growth: The adaptive mechanisms of algae in changing Arctic waters
P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when … to adapt to stress and rapid environmental changes. Researchers were able to identify specific genes that allow …
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In marine Bacteroidetes the bulk of glycan degradation during algae blooms is mediated by few clades using a restricted set of genes
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Functional analysis of Salix purpurea genes support roles for ARR17 and GATA15 as master regulators of sex determination
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Functional Characterization of Two Class II Diterpene Synthases Indicates Additional Specialized Diterpenoid Pathways in Maize (Zea mays)
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Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes … between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — … soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s ecology. They store carbon and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and …
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Improved genome assembly and evidence-based global gene model set for the chordate Ciona intestinalis: new insight into intron and operon populations
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Transcriptomic Data Sets for Zymomonas mobilis 2032 during Fermentation of Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX)-Pretreated Corn Stover and Switchgrass Hydrolysates
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Shattering Expectations: Novel Seed Dispersal Gene Found in Green Millet
Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth … a small model grass with a short lifecycle that uses a carbon fixation process known as the C4 pathway, which …
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JGI@25: A Single Cell, Myriad Microbial Discoveries
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … help solve energy and environmental challenges. In 2009, researchers at the JGI and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean … Lab led to the identification of key microbial culprits in carbon fixation in the dark ocean. Combining single cell …
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