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… Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' … on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.  …

… Data from marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial … it in the deep ocean. With genomic samples collected before, during and after The Blob, researchers developed a … on the microbial populations and the global carbon cycle. Tracking large-scale marine events such as The Blob is …

… relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio Two special days occur in April: the 50th … from Ed Hall, an ecologist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He’s part of a JGI-supported project studying … portion of the Arkansas River that’s just a little west of Fort Collins, near a city called Leadville. ED:   And, uh, …

… again how did you pick genomes to be on the genomes portal? For the taxa I work on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your … devoted to algae (photosynthetic eukaryotes not including plants), so populated by algal genomes thus defined. We also have some reference plant genomes to help with comparative studies of algae and …

… joint user capability between the JGI and Molecular Foundry for genome-encoded biomaterial discovery, design, and … to include in vitro protein-based techniques, algae, and plants, while focusing on understanding the evolution and … (2015) where she co-founded and led the Quantitative Plant Science Initiative (2017-2022), a BER Science Focus …

… Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct … and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow them …

… The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are … advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including …

… multiple copies of its chromosomes. Switchgrass has deep roots that allow it to access nutrients easily from a … U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports research programs for developing methods for converting plant biomass into sustainable fuels for cars and jets. By …

… The Science One of the most vital pieces of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers … microbes. The new technique is another tool for microbial ecologists to learn more about the diversity … approach on bacterial laboratory models to set a reference for its performance, and then applied it to environmental …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …

… revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and … also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a diverse array of …

… This single environmental trigger highlights efficiency for users requiring multiple omics methods to examine … nature's chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay largely dormant … to activate multiple chemical production pathways. By tracking gene activity and chemical output over time, the …