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Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the … other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.  The Impact … help inform engineering microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot …

Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.   … still not well understood — scientists can better fine-tune their engineering efforts of both plants and root … or mycorrhizal fungi (mutualist symbionts that induce structural changes in plant roots),  M. elongata  …

… hermaphrodites, expressing both male and female gametes in one individual. But some, including shrub willow  Salix … have been sequenced with sufficient resolution to analyze their structure. Scientists found both a gene likely important for …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The … ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a “diversity generating … new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much more comprehensive understanding of how a fundamental …

The BioSANS instrument is at the Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.   On March 2, 2021, the Environmental … (BioSANS) instrument when applying to the FY2022 EMSL-JGI FICUS call for proposals. Presentations from: Scott Lea, …

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The United States  is the world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The … Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce crop yields by as much … to counter soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome …

… shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to … the remaining components into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify … biotechnological opportunities.  … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and …