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… methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small fraction of Earth’s microbial … cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, their genomes can’t be sequenced using traditional approaches. … platform. Eloe-Fadrosh noted that it was a nice example of “big-data” mining to gain a deeper understanding of the data …

… mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and illuminates the significant role sex plays in how … which is tough on the type of microbes that break down plant matter. This means plants don’t fully decompose in … HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, …

To engineer yeast to do more, and understand genomes in general, Jef Boeke, Weimin Zhang (NYU Langone …

… designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) data and workflows for …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant … Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic cells along with giant … were found in diverse habitats including the air, plant rhizosphere, wastewater, and even animal and human …

… for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate genomes, which led to the discovery of thousands of genetic … a regulator of lipid metabolism in microalgae .  Nature Plants 1: 15107 Lupiáñez DG, Kraft K, Heinrich V, Krawitz P, … De novo transcriptome assembly of drought tolerant CAM plants, Agave deserti and Agave tequilana. BMC Genomics  14, …

… (INRAE). Today, there are nearly 200 mycorrhizal fungal genomes publicly available on the fungal portal MycoCosm, many sequenced through the JGI 1000 Fungal Genomes Project.       Francis Martin on the main impact of …

TBK Reddy gives an overview of the JGI's Genomes OnLine Database and why curated metadata matters. …

Proposals aim to sequence and annotate genomes from Antarctica to Africa to global oceans. Through … Many fungi have beneficial symbiotic relationships with plants and bacteria; in many instances, fungal physiology is … hispanica ,  Brassica oleracea , and  Streptanthus barbigeri (bearded jewelflower). Part of efforts to develop …

… called natural products . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for … compounds may also be involved in how the fungi metabolize plant biomass, which could inform how scientists can more easily convert plants into carbon-neutral biofuels . What’s more, many …

Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light and …