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Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the … for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team of researchers has identified the major metabolic roles …

… microbial genomics reveals one bacterial species is made of four ecologically distinct groups with different … to the blue-lit twilight zone, to the continuous pressure of the dark abyss, 4000 m (2.5 miles) deep. Scientists have … structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene …

… his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. Originally from northern California and one of the first students to participate in the DOE Joint Genome … rounds of virtual interviews, Lawrence joined the SPRUCE team, which aims to predict what might happen to the carbon …

… school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer through the waters and clouds of insects hover just above. Described as a “river of grass” … the resources as a user facility. The Metagenome Program team provided guidance and encouragement to submit a …

Programs, he focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives at the JGI. Dr. Visel received his … methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate genomes, which led to the discovery of … C, Blow MJ, Cohen JC, Rubin EM, Pennacchio LA (2010). Targeted deletion of the 9p21 non-coding coronary artery …

… in  Microbiome , researchers from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science facility, have increased the number of … have similarly gone up from 13-25 to 12-39. “Overall,” the team concluded, “we provide a global analysis of the …

… data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the … their genetic diversity. They hold economic value as both biofuel feedstock and their role in carbon sequestration. … well as for improving the resilience of bioenergy feedstock crops. The work builds off a longstanding partnership …

… begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … the microbes within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have … common.  To complete this analysis, a multi-institutional team of researchers collected soil samples from a wildfire …

… to drive more productive food, medicine, and bioenergy crops. But most available genomes are from narrow swaths of the plant tree of life. One project aims to change that. …

Understanding the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  … paper , researchers focused on the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia … involved in adaptations seen in later plant lineages. The team found that some of the adaptation strategies used by …

… from single cells. The Science Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most species do not grow easily in the lab. To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two …

… impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave event in the ocean known as “The …