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… prokaryotes. The Science Most organisms use oxygen to convert food into energy. However, in environments with little or no oxygen, life had found other ways to produce energy, using a process called fermentation. …

… fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved to decompose hardwoods on every continent besides Europe and … samples, this study also tracks the enzymes these fungi use to break down wood, and compares genetic diversity between … decayers, Lentinula fungi access carbon previously locked away in wood, converting it into their own carbon-rich …

… and Alabama A&M University piloted an internship program to bring students to the JGI for research training experience. Enabled by the … and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the effects of …

… best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and … and breeders aren’t interested in waiting decades to develop new crops. One example is an ongoing collaborative effort to improve the emerging bioenergy crop switchgrass ( Panicum …

Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The … approach to reconstruct and model gene regulatory pathways used by the filamentous fungus  Neurospora crassa, and … complex chains are available; this information triggers pathways to determine which enzymes should be deployed in what …

… boost yields for both food and for candidate bioenergy feedstock crops. Summary A plant is like an office building, its roots are akin to the ground floor lobby. People walking into the lobby have many reasons for being there, but they’re not always immediately apparent. Similarly, the microbes found in …

… researchers described how the viruses repeatedly attempted to infect and destroy the host archaea – and how the  … but the viruses that infect Altiarchaea cause the cells to burst. This action triggers subsurface carbon cycling, … which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Lord …

… reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar … With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of genes that provide resistance to the …

… (CSP), researchers are developing a number of resources to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on … microbes prevent methane production by routing the carbon away from methanogens. In The ISME Journal, a team led by … found that these species encode a sulfate reduction pathway, but also have genes for sulfide oxidation. The findings …

… have now developed CheckV (pronounced “Check-Vee”) to help researchers assess and improve the quality of … Environmental DNA sequencing can help scientist to recover the genomes of these viruses and associate them … fragmented data, which limits the ability of researchers to accurately perform functional assessment, host …

Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … Analysis of the genome sequence also provides insights into how the multiple chromosomes of Miscanthus arose by …

… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … challenges. While a hill of beans may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is … a longer shelf-life — up to four years. Work is now underway to transfer the trait into other classes of common …