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… through genomic discovery across diverse organisms and ecosystems. Scientists are engineering next-generation … approaches to unravel functional capabilities of plants, microbes and microbial communities, and …

… Mikes worked with mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This year, however, there was a new aspect …

… biogeographic distribution of these viruses in the various ecosystems, their diversity, their predicted metabolic … Technology focused on microbial communities from freshwater ecosystems, including, respectively, the northern Lakes of … of giant virus diversity that we’re missing in the various ecosystems. We can detect a lot more MCPs than we can …

… and participation — is especially important in microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of … soil microbes cycle nitrogen and carbon, or how freshwater ecosystems process methane and organic matter.  However, to … datasets opens up the possibility of new insights across ecosystems and research teams. Even better, creating …

… 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 … effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including Antarctica where it is a major part of the flora, fire moss has …

… Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching … Alabama A&M University this fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. …

… Category Fungal and Algal Program head Igor Grigoriev , Plant & Animal Science category Plant Program Library Construction Group Lead Jane Grimwood … Biology & Genetics Staff Data Scientist Asaf Salamov, Plant & Animal Science category Plant Program head Jeremy …

… for a steadily growing worldwide population. Anuvia Plant Nutrients , a small Florida business producing bio-based plant nutrition products that target soil enrichment, is …

… to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, partnering with 600 instructors worldwide … which species of mycorrhizal fungi are important for poplar plant health, in part to learn how these species can … in the presence of other fungi. Poplar is a  JGI Flagship Plant , of interest as a candidate  bioenergy feedstock . …

… it possible for researchers to get a close look at more ecosystems and organisms than ever before. In 2006, the JGI …

… chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are hermaphrodites, … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). (Poplar is a Flagship Plant.) To engineer them, researchers need to select and …