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Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers has found numerous examples of polycistronic expression – in which two or … looked like mistakes by the gene prediction algorithms. I decided to dig in a little deeper, and realized what was … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab and the Environmental …

… time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or … and nitrogen fixers in alpine and high latitude ecosystems, deciphering their internal molecular mechanisms can help …

… genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing approaches including … the planet’s nutrient cycles and are potentially of use in fields ranging from agriculture to biotechnology and … sequencing technologies and bioinformatic tools have helped decode the genomes of tens of thousands of previously …

… boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … that break down plant matter. This means plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues … of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 ), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … has been well-studied by many researchers for nearly five decades. In these frigid systems, where organisms higher up in the food web like fish do not exist, …

CheckV can help researchers assess virus sequence fragments and data quality. The Science Through … touches – a tusk, the ear, or the tail – they individually decide that the elephant is either dangerous, akin to a … completeness and removal of contamination from the host organism. As reported in Nature Biotechnology , a team from …

… that will help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of … of years evolving tactics against potential threats. “Because plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really … microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by microorganisms — out,” said JGI user/collaborator Michelle …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is … they influence geochemical cycling in forest ecosystems. By deciphering the fruiting-related decomposition mechanisms of … leaves and woods into the atmosphere, while increasing the organic matter and fertility of the soil. Morels (Morchella …

… of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… life on Earth, and led to the development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic … popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the spouse of Lynn Margulis). The information was then used to predict the metabolic strategies applied by a common …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In … sugarcane genome was more challenging and took more than a decade because there were pieces from multiple boxes, … portal,  Phytozome .   … The work (proposal: https://doi.org/10.46936/10.25585/60001084 and …