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Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when … on the denizens in the soil. While large protein databases, like UniProt, exist, are not specific enough for a microbial … So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences …

Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop … (Berkeley Lab), has produced a high-quality reference sequence of the complex switchgrass  genome using samples … many parts of the country also helped the team understand why some switchgrass plants from the Northeast have traits …

As part of the JGI’s 25th anniversary celebration, the 2022 … so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources to sequence it,” Patrinos said. After many more meetings and … Genomics Building, the JGI’s home at Berkeley Lab. Like the mural, the JGI’s accomplishments over 25 years span …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what … For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, … kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences to their hosts is crucial to understanding what …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — … are to maize health. Infections with a stalk-rotting fungus ( Fusarium graminearum ) and a bacterium that causes …