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… Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop … in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the … and biomass. Additionally, the team was able to identify a major locus (Bru1) that durable resistance to brown rust …

… population, the number of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority not harmful to humans could be even larger. Viruses … more than 8,500 publicly available metagenome datasets generated from sampling sites around the world, including … Strategy for Large and Giant Viruses Another significant finding from the study was a common strategy employed by …

… to determine the genome structure of SAR324 cells and their gene expression, the team then sequenced community genomes and expressed gene transcripts (metagenomes, metatranscriptomes), as well …

… Center), HudsonAlpha and the JGI also identified a gene related to seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. A 2020 Nature Genetics paper describing the genomes of the five major cotton lineages. Grimwood was also part of the JGI …

… New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric … environments without oxygen through a process called methanogenesis. Methanogenic microorganisms therefore play a … shows methanogenesis is not limited to  Euryarchaeota .  Finding Methane-Making Microbes with Metagenomics  By …