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… crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying … varieties that have high productivity across a range of environments is becoming increasingly important for food, … the crop as a versatile candidate biomass feedstock for producing sustainable alternative fuels. Common Gardens Are …

… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … 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 latch onto a larger host — often, a fellow archaeal microbe. Understanding how these …

… DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of … at academic level in a few years as it’s getting closer to producing trillion base data sets on daily basis.” As part …

… Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed … on Carbon Flux and Future Directions The team reported producing BDO at the rate of 0.9 grams per Liter-hour in a …

… Analysis of haloarchaeal metagenomes broadens understanding of Antarctic biogeography. The Science Haloarchaea flourish … and researchers are interested in learning how these microbes have learned to adapt from marine to hypersaline … (project 4031). The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… for the triennium 2017-2020! Established by the University of Queensland in 1986, the van Niel Prize recognizes contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology and is awarded … dark matter”–that uncultured and unknown majority of microbes in, on and around the planet–through techniques …

… di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria and interacts with cell signaling networks that … role in regulating microbial cellulose production and biofilm formation, which affects a number of environments, … also regulates enzymes involved in cellulose production in microbes, these biosensors may eventually lead to ways to …

… Institute.  The Science Researchers report the discovery of miniature Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short … Integrated Microbial Genomes and Microbiomes (IMG/M) suite of tools managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) … to be unearthed in sequencing and analyzing uncultivated microbes. Summary The CRISPR-Cas system is an immune …

… David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee of the Joint Genome Institute, a Department of Energy user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley … focuses on the evolution, ecology, genomics and function of microbes and microbiomes, especially those found in …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … the dispersed oil.   Terry Hazen on Oceanospirillales microbes   Terry Hazen Perspective on the Deepwater Horizon …

… The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office … only to cellulose.  Chitin is also a common food source for microbes living within soil. So, the chitosanase protein … This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental …