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… crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, … pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that could be used for multiple biotechnological applications. These … HudsonAlpha. As the team discussed in a JGI podcast episode about the work, the effort to fully sequence the fire moss …

… began in late 2013, when a large patch of warm ocean water about a third the size of the United States began forming in … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … through the Community Science Program . The proposal focuses on uncovering the metabolic networks involved in carbon …

… 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 … The team then compared this dataset against nearly 80 previously published fungal genomes on the JGI data portal …

… the JGI has also helped researchers understand a fungus that threatens these crops as they grow. Asian Soybean Rust is a major problem. Leaves grow discolored and rust … ASR can decimate up to 60-90% of its yield.  (Learn more about the soybean genome sequence and ASR in this JGIota, a …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus . At that time, they noted that the F. cylindrus genome encoded more proteins requiring zinc than …

… are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant … ecosystems. A team of researchers described how the viruses repeatedly attempted to infect and destroy the host … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). To learn more about how microbial populations respond to virus infections, …

Secondary Metabolites group. His research interests lie in use and development of bioinformatics tools for elucidation of biosynthetic gene clusters in bacteria and fungi. Prior to joining the JGI, he … "Natural Prodcast" podcast, a "fireside chat"-style podcast about natural products and the science and scientists of …

… cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. Rumen microbes have the ability to break down hardy … hold clues to how humans could do the same on an industrial scale to produce biofuels . Since one of the … expanded into three other universities. You can learn more about how JGI data supports higher education in this JGIota …

… amount of biomass which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, … productivity across 1,100 miles and eight states. In 2021, using switchgrass samples from these gardens, a team led by … At the 2021 JGI Annual Meeting, David Lowry talked about a multi-year study his student conducted involving …

Learn more about MycoCosm, a data portal with over 2,000 fungal genomes …