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… to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant … Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials including sunlight, carbon and water, to convert them into energy that is … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics …

A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … weapons stockpile and was interested in investigating the effects of radiation exposure to human health. Three DOE … the world were busy sequencing the human genome, an arms race was being waged. In this JGI@25 video, Susan Lucas, …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) staff scientist … & Applications (VEGA) Symposium , which will take place later this year in Berkeley, Calif. Convening the “viral … analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil ecosystems function. He was …

… reveals unexpected complexity At first glance, the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … of this giant filamentous bacterium, along with its life cycle. For most bacteria, their DNA floats freely within the …

JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … make use of JGI’s breadth of capabilities while also highlighting collaborative research of a scale exceeding a … production and algae’s roles in nutrient cycling, now a facet of the  Fungal & Algal Program . For example, green …

… with JGI mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant … is Dr. Yi Zhai, and I’m currently working on the effect of plant root exudates in the rhizosphere and microbiome. …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among … outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental sample beyond the … While microbes regulate the planet’s biogeochemical cycles, viruses infecting microbes shape global ecological …

… works closely with the Berkeley Lab Intellectual Property Office to facilitate these new interactions.  The PDT … JGI and LanzaTech, a Skokie, Illinois-based company that recycles carbon emissions to make fuels and chemicals, … improving air quality and promoting a circular economy. Acetogenic  Clostridium is considered the most efficient …

… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … three  Brachypodium  grasses have small genomes, short life cycles and can be easily transformed, traits that make them … pan-genomes are much larger than any individual genome highlighting the fact that the genetic information in a single …

… a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are …