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… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … don’t have flagella, meaning they were lost in the evolutionary adaptation to marine environments. These …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the … One other finding that interested the authors was that an evolutionary analysis of  Bifidobacterium strains in honey …

… plant mass for conversion to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the … 5, 2018 in The ISME Journal , a team led by University of Oslo scientists and including researchers at the Joint … than its partner brown rots. The team’s results reflect the evolutionary gains and losses of S. lacrymans var. lacrymans …

… The JGI’s DNA Synthesis Program supports a wide range of projects, from single-gene synthesis to the synthesis of entire chromosomes, advancing the development of biofuels, biochemicals and other bioenergy solutions.  … project. These advancements contribute to the development of new biofuels and sustainable biochemicals. The DNA …

… Science Program (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system … and researchers estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can … as “an unparalleled model system for ecological and evolutionary genomics .” Understanding the nature and …

… A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The … some, including shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we are far more familiar with: … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to …

… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of … feedback on pangenome tool development. Maurice is a fungal evolutionary ecologist with interests in understanding which …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both …   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … short audio production, we’ll hear from Karolina Heyduk, an evolutionary plant biologist at the University of Hawai’i at …

… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep … , researchers led by Hal Alper at The University of Texas at Austin and Michael Jewett of Northwestern …

… genome discoveries. Unlocking the intricate details of life’s genetic blueprint has long been a significant … analyze but also create DNA sequences mimicking an array of microbial life. By leveraging massive user-generated … with it the potential to draft strands encoded with new proteins or genetic pathways not observed in nature. Because …

… 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 … walls they have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … “Prokaryotes are not capable of producing all the juicy proteins and lipids that eukaryotes are.” But according to a …