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… evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, cumulatively called … component for the plant, like the brick-and-mortar of a building or the human skeleton. It’s more complex, and …

… at Berkeley lab. She earned her PhD in Microbiology and Cell Science in 2011 from the University of Florida, working … to include in vitro protein-based techniques, algae, and plants, while focusing on understanding the evolution and … iron economy management. PNAS  120(30):e2305495120. Pasquini M, Grosjean N, Hixson KK, Nicora CD, Yee EF, Lipton M, …

… and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user … Many fungi have beneficial symbiotic relationships with plants and bacteria; in many instances, fungal physiology is …

This shorter episode is about a tiny, single-celled alga – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on …

MAGs. Modeling A New Path for Metagenomics Researchers Building upon these resources, KBase, a multi-institutional … knowledge creation and discovery environment designed for biologists and bioinformaticians, developed metabolic models … “It’s a dataset that is going to facilitate many more studies subsequently. And I hope JGI and other institutions …