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… 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 … Key Project for Basic Research (2012CB114504). The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome …

… metabolic reprogramming. The Science If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, so the adage goes, it must be a … But if the duck gets infected by a virus so that it no longer looks or quacks like one, is it still a duck? For a … virocells, a change in name first described in 2011 which reflects the metabolic changes they’ve undergone. The Impact …

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… The latest edition of the JGI Progress Report highlights notable research and … better understand arsenic mobility and to better understand their roles in the global sulfur cycle. Copies are available …

… 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, …

… holds keys to drought and flood resilience, biomass production for fuels, and growth in poor soils. In addition to … its seeds attached when picked. Wild plants will ‘shatter’ their seeds off a stem to distribute them, but domesticated … of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in …

… 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 …

… Leveraging massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation     … 30 times older than the entire human lineage. Yet despite their ubiquity and ancient origins, fungi remain largely … of nearly 2,000 of these genomes reveals just how much we still have to discover about Earth's fungal kingdom. …

… Every year, the JGI sequences around 35,000 samples — from plants, algae, … scientists around the world. Most of those researchers send their samples in from afar, without ever hearing much about the sequencing lab. So today, Chris Daum walks …