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New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant … to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the stomachs … anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastix californiae) on sorghum, switchgrass and poplar, then monitored changes to the …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential … U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). By better understanding how poplar responds to its intimate associations with … 01 to F. Martin), JGI Community sequencing program project (CSP570, DE-AC02-05CH11231), and National Science Foundation …

… machine learning tools. “This was very exciting to see how Rhondene not only embraced the research question and … perspective about what it means to be a scientist. “To see how team science is done at an advanced and large research … a virtual four-day data carpentry workshop for the incoming 2021 JGI-UC Merced interns to help familiarize incoming …

He is particularly interested in understanding how, when and why microbes decide to produce which … trove of microbial natural products. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 Nov;19(11):683. Mouncey NJ, Otani H, Udwary D, …

… a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is triggered when nutrients are acquired … revealed a striking capability of morel mycelium to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant … the fruiting of soil saprotrophic mushrooms. To date, how the nutritional acquisition of the morel mycelium is …

… before felling their research problem: at a genetic level, how does  Y. lipolytica work? The project was a … CRISPR-Cas9 in order to interrogate each one’s function. However, the team first needed to fix a defect in the … work was supported by DOE Joint Genome Institute grant  CSP-503076 (IW, HA, and MB) and NSF  1706545 (IW). HA and JW …

Meta-omics datasets show that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or … host — often, a fellow archaeal microbe. Understanding how these hosts and hitchhikers coexist is key for … crust, there is a vast ecosystem connected to the global carbon cycle. Archaea are key players in this deep …

… mode’, where they do very little.  SIP experiments can show which species actively munch on a specific chemical … a modified version of a specific chemical, where ordinary Carbon-12 atoms are swapped for the heavier, non-radioactive … this to untangle which microbes ate the compound and how much they ate.  These analyses provide granular insight …

… long-term open access ecological data to better understand how U.S. ecosystems are changing.  Through the  “Facilities … more about BioSANS. Letters of Intent are due March 17, 2021 for the FICUS proposal call. Q&A from the Webinar: … the FICUS program at:  jgi.doe.gov/user-programs . Q:  How can I get that NEON Biorepository Letter of Support …

… experimentally derived biological roles to genes. Sarah:  How many plants did you all look at? Avinash: We started off … data from two ecotypes of  Panicum hallii and multiple switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) experimental data. Sarah:  … keep updating the Gene Atlas with curated datasets from CSP projects and aim to improve plant gene function …