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Using a novel computational approach, researchers confirm … how big the room is.  A new study  published online Oct. 11, 2023 in  Nature highlights the vast array of functional … genes from isolates, there isn’t much scientists can tell about its function or its origin. As a result, these genes …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and … has a large and complex genome whose evolutionary history and perennial lifecycle makes it important to study … and Environmental Research under Award Number DE-SC0018420. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy …

… fungi can form such symbiotic partnerships. To learn more about these other plant-fungal relationships, an … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … toward filling gaps on the fungal Tree of Life through the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Hacquard’s group had assembled …

… an array of experiments at universities and national user facilities, researchers found that this protein detects … we were able to work with on this project to ask questions about structure and function,” Blaby-Haas said.  Looking at … longtime JGI collaborator Sabeeha Merchant’s group. In 2011, they inventoried a swath of blueprints to find parts …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Alternate Metabolic Pathways And there is something special about these new lineages recently tied to methanogenesis. …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by … degrade the plant biomass. In order to learn more about these regulatory networks in the model fungus  N. … tree of life, enriching the work being done as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project. Funding for the project was …

… identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic … biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the … the JGI’s  IMG Virus Resource (IMG/VR) , now with more than 15 million viral genomes. It was also key to developing the …

… were developed specifically to turn their biomass into sustainable biofuel and bioproducts. John Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play …