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… Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating … adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …

… Metagenome-assembled archaeal genomes provide new insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, for publicly …

… The PhycoCosm data portal allows anyone to freely investigate the genes of more than 100 … an interactive browser that allows algal scientists and enthusiasts to look deep into more than 100 algal genomes, … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… The US Department of Energy’s favorite tree is poplar. They’re the fastest growing trees in the Northern Hemisphere, making them … who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is triggered when nutrients are acquired … of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… and dark. But there are hotspots on the ocean floor — underwater volcanoes and hydrothermal vents — where lively microbial communities thrive, and even support … Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how …

… 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 … HT-SIP is a capability available to request through  the JGI proposal calls . …

… to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts … off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and … Neocallimastix californiae , and Piromyces finnis . In work reported in 2017, the fungal genomes were sequenced by the …

… and bioinformatics annotation pipelines that support JGI’s portals, tools, and the DOE’s emerging AI-enabled … Dr. Sneddon is an accomplished leader in data, software, compute, and AI for large-scale genomics and lab … a laboratory information management (LIMS) system. He previously led the NGS Software team and metagenomic data platform …

… David Hibbett of Clark University fills us in on the kind of decay that makes shiitake mushrooms special. This week, he and 39 collaborators published a paper tracing how …

… female gametes in one individual. But some, including shrub willow  Salix purpurea , employ the evolutionary strategy we … in mammals: a structure that helps correct deleterious mutations. The Impact Shrub willow and its close … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …