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Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( … be especially amenable to transfer into other plants because some of its enzymes can transform diverse terpene …

… a paper in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. … State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… marine heatwave event may foreshadow climate change impact on marine microbial communities. The Science A team of researchers tracked the impact of a large-scale heatwave … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking … analyzing the enzymes present in the complex organic matrix of the forest floor, a team of researchers have found that … and what escapes to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous …

The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic … just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, scientists long held …

Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce … popularizer and communicator (and at one time, the spouse of Lynn Margulis). The information was then used to …

Congratulations to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers from the … in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade” by … and evaluates multiple predictions to reliably match viruses with their archaea and bacteria hosts.  Jeremy …

… characteristics — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab. In addition to …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … sorghum’s survival secrets could change not only how we use and grow sorghum, but other important crops as well. In … on Phytozome … Learn more on the EPICON project … Plant Datasets … Also on Phytozome …