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… organism — one previously unseen — is, in fact, a microscopic water mold, genetically related to such aquatic species … plant pathogens cause disease and how to control them. Despite advances in the years since this landmark publication, … sequence in hand, the UC team led the charge to develop rapid diagnoses for SOD. These techniques were also …

… this study found that the green sulfur bacteria population spiked to 83%, only to dramatically fall to 1% in early …

… fire changes the microbes within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, …

… and nitrogen cycling and forest floor ecosystem processes. Pinpointing the processes happening on and in forest soil … So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA … allowed the team to have a much more comprehensive picture of microbial genes in the soil and to which type of …

… close those stomata to prevent water loss, but that also prevents CO2 from coming into the leaf and it basically … plants.  ALISON:  That’s what might happen for a stressed typical plant, one that does what’s called C3 metabolism, … Agave family with fleshy, sword-like leaves, often with spikes along their edges. KAROLINA : My work with the JGI …

… surprise of the project was to realize that these genome copies that are spread throughout the whole cell are actually … that contain DNA clusters. He dubbed these organelles “pepins,” after the small seeds in fruits. DNA clusters were … than most bacteria and hundreds of thousands of genome copies (polyploidy) that are spread throughout the entire …

… sugars. How photosynthesis works, though, is much harder to pin down.  Photosynthesis appears to have a lot in common … regulator that can make the link between photosynthesis, respiration and high-iron homeostasis,” said Nicolas Grosjean, … provide a list of machine parts, and an idea of their groupings.  One pivotal effort along these lines came from UC …

… for every family of fungi. In the following guest piece, JGI user Dr. Tan details the results of the team’s … Plant polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose were rapidly degraded by a set of significantly upregulated … from the exogenous nutrient supply, resulting in a rapid increase of the organic carbon content in the soil, …

… a single microorganism within a lab setting.  Roland Hatzenpichler is an associate professor at Montana University and … you have to be very agnostic and very careful,” Hatzenpichler explained. “Not only do you not know in which … just be switched off.” Yet, after extensive study, Hatzenpicher and his team were able to definitively prove two …

… percent of what is grown is known as Upland cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ), while the remaining 5 percent is called American Pima ( G. barbadense .) These are two of the five major … at a genetic level, including why having multiple copies of their genomes (polyploidy) is so important to crops. …