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… , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene … to terrestrial life paves the way for innovations in sustainable agriculture and clean energy. These evolutionary … in marginal lands and with minimal resources. Enabling the use of non-arable land for biomass production — that can be …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that … may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in many … trait. Traditionally beans have had a shelf-life about roughly 6-9 months before their color begins to …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey … of the National Academy of Sciences . The team focused on the dominant bacterial clades shared between honey … pollen’s pectin and hemicellulose are degraded mainly by just two clades:  Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the …

… On July 6, scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and other … workshop, Volkan Sevim, a computational biologist at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), … that low sequence identity may belie. The technology he’s using is magical; transform any length of amino acid …

… data policies. Since completion of the HGP, the JGI has sustained its commitment to uploading sequence data generated on behalf of its user community to NCBI as well as to the  data portals that the JGI manages, … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the seasons. The Science Light-harvesting bacteria … scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in …

… With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more … Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but … To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; shotgun metagenomic …

… for the bioeconomy.   The Science Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | … , with significant advances compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. …

… Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes to … The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins … Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific …

… insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material … boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … their role as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses that can carry up to 25 times …

… Register here The workshop is addressed to students and professionals of … Several sessions will be devoted to training in the use of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system, presented by Natalia Ivanova and Rekha …

… stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between bacteria and fungi The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with … The Impact Stable isotope probing is a long and laborious process — as well as a key way scientists study …