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… secondary metabolites, those molecules not essential for growth yet essential for survival, may now be easier to … produced in response to hardship or competition. They make up the foundation for a slew of vital products in … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

Michelle O’Malley and Tom Lankiewicz of UC Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific presumption on its head and opens up a new avenue to explore for efficient biofuel production. …

… insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex … plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat …

… more than 100 algal genomes, compare them, and visualize supporting experimental data. The Impact Algae are important … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … Microbiomes (IMG/M) system for microbial and metagenome datasets, MycoCosm for comparative analysis of fungal genomes, …

Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses — to support scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from …

… a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their … In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass. …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for …

… of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them … episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us …