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… boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … their role as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses that can carry up to 25 times their dry …

CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through … technologies and computational approaches, more and more virus sequences are being recovered and identified from … the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an …

… sigma factors that initiate transcription in bacteria. Using this technology, which combines an in vitro … coelicolor . The Impact As an integrative genome science user facility, connecting genes to functions is part of the … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… between the JGI and the information technology company Truss has resulted in the JGI Data Portal , a pilot download … processes from the other JGI Portals, as well. “For thousands of scientists around the world, the JGI Genome Portal … , and PhycoCosm , serve researchers with unique areas of focus and data and computational needs. Over its 23-year …

Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start … fellow Ben Cole on a project involving bacteria in Arabidopsis plant roots. At the same time, Lawrence worked with …

… may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in many … has fueled further research into disease tolerance in crops, drought- and stress-resistance as well as nitrogen … trait. Traditionally beans have had a shelf-life about roughly 6-9 months before their color begins to …

… that could help crop breeders and researchers predict how crops and model organisms may evolve.  Determining the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many plants chromosomes are present in more than two … an early algorithm and developing it in order to talk about the subgenome identity.”  These days, Session is …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … of 50 letters of intent submitted. Many of the proposals focus on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable resources for biofuels and bioproducts. Andrew …

… vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too … be applied to biotechnology and medicine. A more robust understanding of these microbial communities could lead … separate, seawater seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an …

… time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. … comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one of the two … symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy crops. And because lichens are dominant carbon and nitrogen …

… first time, a team has comprehensively described host-virus dynamics in a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But what trends govern those virus-host interactions? Do generalist viruses run rampant, …

… and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of … at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … related to understanding how the interactions between viruses and their host microbes impact the regulation of global …