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… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative, Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from …
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… they are symbionts and not free-living organisms. The Science Researchers employed multiple microbiology and … superphylum of extremophilic archaea first outlined by JGI scientists and their collaborators in 2013. While most DPANN … host dependency of Antarctic Nanohaloarchaeota … From our partners …
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… genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different lifestyles. The Science The bacterium SAR324 is unusually cosmopolitan. In … pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. Scientists have wondered, how can SAR324 exist in so many …
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Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s Zhong Wang and Science Programs Deputy Axel Visel teamed with University of … staff, Mouncey explained: “One of the hallmarks of JGI is our diverse workforce and our diverse collaborators around …
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… hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … enzyme activity assay. The work was reported in The ISME Journal . While the screen caught several microbes from known …
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… and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that … or together, on nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s … the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Grigoriev and …
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Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. … any statement of authorship are reproduced on all copies. JGI is not responsible for the contents of any off-site …
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