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… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a … The Impact The specific protein described in  a recent study in  Nature Communications , a chitosanase, is tied to … within soil. So, the chitosanase protein identified in the study is essentially chewing food to help  microorganisms …

… gas, regulate Earth’s climate. Most methane is produced in environments without oxygen through a process called … confirmation bias, because it enables scientists to study how methanogenesis takes place in the context of the … They could just be switched off.” Yet, after extensive study, Hatzenpicher and his team were able to definitively …

… around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their … biologist at HudsonAlpha and first author of the study. “For that, it’s necessary to have the plant’s genome … a longtime JGI collaborator and a senior author on this study. The use of switchgrass as a feedstock for …

… By leveraging new tools and large-scale data mining, JGI researchers … Impact This dataset gives researchers a new foundation for studying how fungi produce and manage energy at the cellular … First, they scanned over 26,000 publicly available metagenomes in the JGI's IMG portal for mitochondrial …

… Kaushal Sharma, one of five Antioch High School rising juniors who participated in internships at the DOE Joint Genome Institute this summer … his student’s contributions as reviewing close to 3,800 metagenomes to verify geographic locations and assign …

… Retracing how the dry rot Serpula lacrymans adapted to a new … rot ( Serpula lacrymans ) is so destructive in houses. A study involving six brown rot fungi reveals the genomic … to sustainable, alternative biofuels and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the fungus has responded to …

… Sequence-based studies — from metagenomics to single-cell work — have quickly accelerated understanding of … and how sequencing and bioinformatics have sped up the study of giant viruses. The Impact In their existence as … reference genome, to sift for snippets of giant viruses in metagenomes. This has been useful in marine environments, …

… Dr. Vogel joined JGI in 2014 to establish a plant functional genomics program. … Biologist at the USDA for 12 years where he was a driving force behind the development of numerous genomic resources that … grass that is well suited to experimental manipulation in the laboratory because of its compact genome, diploid …