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… seeps through cracks in the Earth’s crust and reacts with very hot rocks below, becoming an extremely hot, … and functioning of a given microbial community. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a … are available on the JGI’s  Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) portal. The study,  published in the  …

… a photosynthetic microalgae, and a little-characterized microbiome. When warm waters stress corals, it might be …

… developed at Berkeley Lab. Dr. Chen is currently the Microbiome Computational Resource Lead at the JGI, … IMG/VR v4: an expanded database of uncultured virus genomes within a framework of extensive functional, taxonomic, and … IMG/PR: a database of plasmids from genomes and metagenomes with rich annotations and metadata. Nucleic acids research …

… research results in genomics, metagenomics and the human microbiome. The workshop will train participants in …

Ti’Yanna Watson and graduate student LaMonika Dent worked with JGI mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel on researching the … of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching workshops and networked with fellow interns and scientists alike. Want to learn more …

… fungi. The  work appeared in the June issue of  Studies in Mycology . This work was enabled in part through  … (blue) vs saprobes (green). (From Haridas S et al.  Studies in Mycology , 2020.) Using whole genome data from …

… of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with younger, thinner ice means more fresh water — and less salt — near the surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance … range of habitats — from brine pockets and melt pools, and within the water column. They are also the primary producers …

… workflow that reduces the time and cost associated with this purification step, and Baumgart continued and … from either genomic DNA or complementary DNA (cDNA), reducing the amount of time it takes to produce a dataset …

… the fruiting-related decomposition mechanisms of morel with multi-omic approaches, our results revealed a striking … and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into the soil, reducing the amount of CO2 emissions from decaying leaves … the key physiological factors that trigger forest mushrooms with diverse trophic modes to convert from vegetative …

… root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its … how poplar responds to its intimate associations with endophytes — a group whose effects on plants are still … fine-tune their engineering efforts of both plants and root microbiomes to grow energy crops more efficiently. Summary …

Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome … noted, specific genes of interest could be associated with a plant’s sex. One outcome could be superfemale plants … males; plant breeding experiments could be completed faster without extra crosses. The work wraps more than a decade of …