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… ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a … diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, etc. — to its genes. The undertaking took shovels, …

… is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that control many basic … of environments, including plants, soil, and the gut. To better understand the dynamics of this molecule, … biosensors ineffective. Chemiluminescent biosensors do not need external illumination to produce a signal, making them …

… some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny … are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their nutrient gaps, they must …

… bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are … two polysaccharides can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees … have to do with the differences in lifestyle: honey bees need ample sugar to make honey that they can eat in winter. …

… of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is committed to advancing the field of genomics through open access to … Fort Lauderdale Agreement (2003), the JGI recognized the need to engage the community to inform necessary changes to … to balance its  Data Release and Utilization Policies with the DOE mandate to provide data access widely to the …