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… rapid environmental changes. Researchers were able to identify specific genes that allow the algae to adapt to sudden … yield and climate resilience of algae — for potential use as biomass or in biomass conversion to biofuel. Summary … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… In the summer of 2015, Adam Session was a postdoc working at the DOE Joint … the genetic codes of plants is often challenging because in many plants chromosomes are present in more than two … an early algorithm and developing it in order to talk about the subgenome identity.”  These days, Session is …

… may not seem to amount to much, the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is actually a vital source of protein in many … of the common bean. That work was published online June 8, 2014 in the journal Nature Genetics . “Common beans are a … trait. Traditionally beans have had a shelf-life about roughly 6-9 months before their color begins to …

… Now, an international team of researchers has identified the major metabolic roles of constituent microbes, … of the National Academy of Sciences . The team focused on the dominant bacterial clades shared between honey … pollen’s pectin and hemicellulose are degraded mainly by just two clades:  Gilliamella,  which mostly resides in the …

… workshop, Volkan Sevim, a computational biologist at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), … that low sequence identity may belie. The technology he’s using is magical; transform any length of amino acid sequence into a smaller, constant-length vector using deep learning. Vector representations allow homology …

… data policies. Since completion of the HGP, the JGI has sustained its commitment to uploading sequence data generated on behalf of its user community to NCBI as well as to the  data portals that … the DOE mandate to provide data access widely to the scientific community as soon as possible after data generation …

… scant, Ace Lake’s bacteria instead go through a boom and bust cycle aligned with light availability. A long-running … cycling takes place only on a microbial level. Previous studies focused on the Southern Ocean have found that in … with a combination of marine and freshwater below. This stratified mixture holds oxygenated water up top and anoxic …

… Studying the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but … To access the genomes of uncultured  microbes , scientists usually employ two different methods; shotgun metagenomic … and most genomes that were acquired through it were usually only around 30% complete.  Described in  ISME …

… Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | Genetics , with significant advances compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. … ID: 508017, Myburg, Wegrzyn, Borevitz) conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( …

… The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific … Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific …

… are made up heavily of sphagnum mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and illuminates the … boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding how sphagnum, a primary … their role as carbon sources. Summary Sphagnum, a genus of just under 400 mosses that can carry up to 25 times …

… have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with … method to the study of a particular fungi, researchers identified novel interactions between bacteria and the fungi. … The Impact Stable isotope probing is a long and laborious process — as well as a key way scientists study …