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… diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often source their nutrients — the shii tree, a Japanese relative … and their evolution could provide strategies for converting plant waste into sugars for  biofuel production. …

… on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an … nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

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… junk DNA, so there was quite a bit of resistance to use resources to sequence it,” Patrinos said. After many more … sectors and it is still seen today as a massive feat in science and collaboration. In closing his presentation, … Todd Anderson currently works to support understanding of plants, microbes and environmental communities that have …

… of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s … mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and illuminates the significant role sex plays in how … as carbon sinks and minimize their role as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses …