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… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key … aquatic environments. The Impact A deeper understanding of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for …

… in sequencing technologies have led to an abundance of microbial genomes becoming available to the global … in Science Advances , researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley …

… hydroxyapatite, a high-value biomaterial with a wide range of industrial applications. The team was led by researchers at two U.S. Department of Energy national user facilities – the DOE Joint Genome … in the development and biotechnology applications of various biomaterials. These efforts align with BER …

… growing on plants, with fluffy white bolls bursting out of the green pods in every direction. There are 100 million … on cotton production, and the crop’s annual economic impact of $500 billion worldwide underscores its value and importance in the fabric of our lives. In the United States, cotton production …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of … cleave the sulfur from gasses, they also produce hydrocarbons, the building blocks of many of our fuels and …

… Annual Call. “It’s exciting to see the diverse portfolio of successful CSP proposals this year,” noted Tanja Woyke, … large-scale genomic science projects relevant to the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) … in: sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry. You can …

… the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with leaves, debris, and even … bacteria aren’t usually visible without the assistance of microscope. “It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria. … Group to better understand what this sulfur-oxidizing, carbon fixing bacterium was doing in the mangroves. …

… ActinoBase offers a public portal of insight into special groups of actinobacteria … for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also abundant in soil and can be used as biocontrol agents and to promote … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… A special issue of Synthetic Biology celebrates research enabled by the JGI … ways of controlling the pathway enzymes, and thus evaluate changes to the pathway more quickly.  The JGI has also … Clostridium autoethanogenum. The microbe can utilize carbon oxides, including the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, …

… JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics data and comparative … If you find that our trees are incorrect or need to be changed, please contact us and we’ll work work it out 2.  … on, there are 7 genomes on NCBI but your portal has only 2 of them. A: Watch the video (above) for the answer provided …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the authors who offer perspectives on what the next five years of innovation … Communications paper, uncovering giant virus sequences in soil for the first time. A second approach known as DNA …

… degradation.  “We are  very excited to see the outcome of the innovative research  being proposed by this year’s … CSP investigators,” said Tanja Woyke, Deputy Director of JGI’s User Programs. “Many of these projects are large in … in sustainable biofuel and bioproducts production, global carbon and nutrient cycling, and biogeochemistry.  You can …