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… in early fungi and discovered genes that are critical for this process. The Impact In the absence of the … the parasite first needs to secure its own transmission before working with the host. Using the mutualistic … the expression of ras2-1 , a gene crucial to reproductive development, making the fungus reliant on the continued …

… of our lives. In the United States, cotton production centers around two varieties: 95 percent of what is grown is … , both faculty investigators at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. “The goal has been for all this new … and it is a fiber model to understand the molecular development of cellulose. Cotton Genomes on Phytozome The …

… of new molecules and pathways. The JGI Metabolomics Platform delivers rich metabolite profiles from diverse … products At JGI, in-depth molecular profiles are generated for metabolites extracted from a variety of experimental … metabolites are identified using LC-MS/MS methods optimized for specific types of molecules.   …

… of biomass which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among … Phytozome. The combination of field data and genetic information has allowed the research team to associate climate …

… of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , researchers focused on the … to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a … critical for roles including plant growth and cell wall development.  M. polymorpha is also among one of the plants …

… Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; [middle] … courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel research projects from PIs who have not led any … fungi, the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of algae. They will …

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… fresh organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. … in uncultivated yet abundant subsurface organisms was  recently reported in Nature Communications. The work was … a targeted technique called virusFISH. Using fluorescently tagged probes, the team was able to visualize the …