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Genome sequencing of four Aureobasidium pullulans varieties: biotechnological potential, stress tolerance, and description of new species
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Complete genome sequence of Paludibacter propionicigenes type strain (WB4T)
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Fungus Fuels Tree Growth
… biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the … always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of … fine-tune their engineering efforts of both plants and root microbiomes to grow energy crops more efficiently. Summary …
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User Advisory Committees
… to establish with our stakeholders. The guiding principles for participating on JGI Advisory Committees are outlined in … The UEC represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices … on the Institute’s strategic, scientific, technical, informatics, management, and operational objectives. Serving …
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FICUS Webinar: “Shining a Light: Advanced Photon Source Capabilities for FICUS Research”
… the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory hosted a webinar to showcase how researchers can gain access to the … FICUS collaborative proposal call . Letters of Intent for the joint call are due March 7, 2024. The FICUS call … the Biological Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (BioSANS) instrument at the Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB) …
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Detection of short-term cropping system-induced changes to soil bacterial communities differs among four molecular characterization methods
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Contrasting Community Assembly Forces Drive Microbial Structural and Potential Functional Responses to Precipitation in an Incipient Soil System
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The Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) v.5: a metadata management system based on a four level (meta)genome project classification
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Type IV Pili‐Associated Secretion of a Biofilm Matrix Protein From Clostridium perfringens That Forms Intermolecular Isopeptide Bonds
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Adopt-A-Genome
… and publish first-author papers, making the data available for future research. Hear from Rekha Seshadri (JGI) and Matt Escobar (California State San Marcos) about how the Adopt-A-Genome … project got started. Plus, Kalyani Maitra (California State Fresno) and two students, Angela and Mark …
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JGI Earth Month: Kjiersten Fagnan Reflects on Shelter-in-Place Effects
… on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area … statewide. In this brief captioned video, JGI Chief Informatics Officer Kjiersten Fagnan reflects on the personal … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …
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Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
… to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … naturally modifying lignin.  The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using … (The JGI also conducted RNA sequencing and alignment to the reference fungal  genome . The study’s pivotal NMR (nuclear …
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