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… approach to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of … systems, expanding the technologies available for other JGI users outside the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study, recently published in the …
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… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … other words, some like it hot; some do not. “We can think about the ocean, naively, as a sort of homogeneous medium. …
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… the dry rot ( Serpula lacrymans ) is so destructive in houses. A study involving six brown rot fungi reveals the … to thrive in manmade environments. As reported January 5, 2018 in The ISME Journal , a team led by University of Oslo … to the other brown rots, though S. lacrymans var. lacrymans decomposed more spruce than the other brown rot fungi. …
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… This webinar focused on how the JGI employs single-molecule, long-read DNA sequences to aid … and transcriptome analysis of microbial, fungal, and plant research projects. More recently, these long-reads … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …
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… forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way … from a wildfire that burned at the Colorado-Wyoming border, about a year after the fire. They sampled soil across a … and growth. This study builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful …
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… reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more. Microbes excel … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … contexts. “That allows us now to really start thinking about the structure-function relationship. What could we do, …
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… from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial methane-makers. Eventually, that could help us dial back their emissions, while still producing things …
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… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by … filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa, and to identify and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant … degrade the plant biomass. In order to learn more about these regulatory networks in the model fungus N. …
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… could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the … able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that threatens this important crop. Hear more about that work from researchers Gary Stacey (University of …
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… analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary metabolites for multiple … technologies and computational methods in the past decade, researchers have uncovered genomes for just a small … she said. Listen to study co-author Dan Udwary talk about genome mining using the GEM catalog in this episode …
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