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Ancient Algae Reveal Secrets of Plant Evolution
Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer … and multicellularity enabled plants to develop complex structures and adapt to changing environments — ultimately … work was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (DBI-1652164, 1933521), the Nebraska Tobacco …
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Genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii strain WSM1689, the microsymbiont of the one flowered clover Trifolium uniflorum
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Complete genome sequence of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain WSM1325, an effective microsymbiont of annual Mediterranean clovers
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Identification of a gene encoding the last step of the L-rhamnose catabolic pathway in Aspergillus niger revealed the inducer of the pathway regulator
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What Happens Underground Influences Global Nutrient Cycles
… to functionally link gene families to photosynthesis and discover gene functions that may be relevant to both algae and … Focus Area (SFA), supported by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Science (TES) program within the DOE Office of … Sciences Laboratory Release: Proposal Calls … From our partners …
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Triggering Morel Fruiting
… because they influence geochemical cycling in forest ecosystems. By deciphering the fruiting-related decomposition … to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated … has proven difficult to reproduce. While scientists and biotechnological engineers all over the world continued to …
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Changing expression patterns of TonB-dependent transporters suggest shifts in polysaccharide consumption over the course of a spring phytoplankton bloom
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Microbial Metagenomes Across a Complete Phytoplankton Bloom Cycle: High-Resolution Sampling Every 4 Hours Over 22 Days
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Natural Prodcast Episode 22: Alison Narayan
… we recorded at the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) Natural Products meeting earlier this year. And today we have our … the biological properties that these molecules have and discover what’s possible from them. Because we have all of …
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Yasuo Yoshikuni
… the power of DNA synthesis, strain engineering, and biosystems design for DOE-mission-relevant discovery and applications. This program has supported over 250 … focus includes engineering of non-model yeasts for production of biofuels and renewable chemicals, developing …
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Jeremy Schmutz
Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There he constructed the pipelines for directed finishing and co-led the … genome resource for green millet Setaria viridis enables discovery of agronomically valuable loci. Nature Biotechnology …
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Toward More Reproducible, Reusable Stable Isotope Probing Experiments
… participation — is especially important in microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of … this to untangle which microbes ate the compound and how much they ate.  These analyses provide granular insight into … Even better, creating comparable data with useful and accessible metadata multiplies these possibilities, and …
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