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… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its … evolved from a parasitic interaction with their soil fungus host, Rhizopus microsporus . Researchers found that … and a part of the oil-producing Mucoromycotina group, about which little is known. The Cornell team cultivated and …

… developed to help inform scientists and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein annotations with ratios of … that provide insights into the nutrients that are being used and cycled in different environments. It also shows how …

… from left: [Above] Hao Chen, Matthew Cope-Arguello, Theophilus Olufemi Isimikalu, Todd H. Oakley, BJ Philmus and Aaron M. Roshotte; [Below] Paul Scesa, Kathleen … Tapping into these functions allows researchers to use them for engineering applications in support of …

… that will help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of … of years evolving tactics against potential threats. “Because plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really … that would be produced by microorganisms — out,” said JGI user/collaborator Michelle O’Malley, a chemical and …

… cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. Rumen microbes have the ability to break down hardy … hold clues to how humans could do the same on an industrial scale to produce biofuels . Since one of the … expanded into three other universities. You can learn more about how JGI data supports higher education in this JGIota …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … and in the laboratory. “We are fortunate because the progenitor species of  Brachypodium hybridum are … de Zaragoza, one of the paper’s senior authors. “It offers us the possibility to explore genomically the whole complex …

… Pictured from left: [Above] Hanin Alzubaidy, Markus Covert, Sheel C. Dodani, Kathryn Fixen, Jane Fudyma, … The JGI is a DOE Office of Science national scientific user facility supported by the Biological and Environmental …

… popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the spouse of Lynn Margulis). The information was then used to predict the metabolic strategies applied by a common … a longtime JGI collaborator, postdoctoral fellow Paula Matheus Carnevali was working with a group of …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are merely toolkits. To do anything, they must find a host, and not just any host will do. It must be a … (https://ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the …

… but the DNA bases themselves can also be modified. The best-known example of a modified DNA base is a methylation … the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf rust, are rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office …

… (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene Expression Center, … Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … its potential production of biomass on marginal lands not usable for conventional food crops. For that reason, its …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … a cold-adapted microalga: the diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus . At that time, they noted that the F. cylindrus genome encoded more proteins requiring zinc than …