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New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … cellulose and hemicellulose is well-established: Across all life forms and with little exception, organisms have figured …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in … assumed, due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  … of eelgrass’s colonization in the Atlantic ocean occurred during the last 20,000-40,000 years, establishing itself in …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped the evolution of life on Earth, and led to the development of multicellular …

… tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the largest food webs on Earth. And at their base are … is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend that threatens to … and prokaryotic communities could alter the global carbon cycle, the rates at which carbon globally is fixed and …

Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium Graduate Interns … Tomas Tyml and Dr. Frederik Schulz with the New Lineages of Life Group at JGI. And we’ve been working on isolating and …

… genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … genomes of Dothideomycetes, the largest class of fungi, by lifestyles. The machine “learned” to identify data generated … have contributed toward filling gaps on the fungal Tree of Life, including the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims …

… to global oceans. Through the Community Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … marine food web base, they also feature in many nutrient cycles. Thus, having reference  Chaetoceros genomes would … instances, fungal physiology is impacted by these bacteria during mating processes. Kathryn Bushley of the University …

… communities than ever before — especially with the prospect of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI … communities. By pairing RNA or DNA sequencing with tracings of stable, heavy isotopes, SIP allows researchers to go … For example, SIP experiments can show how soil microbes cycle nitrogen and carbon, or how freshwater ecosystems …

… to expression, scientists can now opt for various shades of grey. The ability to fine-tune the level of gene expression allowed researchers to identify … users outside the realm of bioenergy optimization. Summary Life is all about balance. This study,  recently published …

For the first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership … them to close relatives who don’t engage in the lichen lifestyle. The team’s results appear in  BMC Genomics . To … partner can sexually reproduce: genetic recombination during sex could increase the fitness of both partners. …