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… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … . Yet, combing through the genomes of four anaerobic fungal species has revealed, for the first time, that this …

… involvement with the DOE Joint Genome Institute dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome … human chromosomes 5, 16, and 19. Following the completion of the human genome project in 2003, he developed … resource to improve functional gene descriptions across the plant kingdom. Nucleic Acids Res . 51, …

Chloroplast mimic a platform to capture and utilize carbon in a synthetic fixation cycle. … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics … and other parts that can be further explored for novel functions. In the current study, the team combined the CETCH …

Database provides details on river microbes in 90% of US continental watersheds. The Science In a recent Nature … United States. They also provided multiple access points to the information. The team harnessed a community-science program to collect samples from across the country to standardize the process. They noted …

… at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: guayule.  This episode was made in …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … link in the evolution and transition of fungi from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic …

… journal Science . It detailed how they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across California State University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear …

A preview of how large-scale single cell genomics complements … showed that single cell genomics can add significant value to the other commonly used culture-independent sequencing … showed that the composition of the community was similar across sequencing approaches, that species specific sets of …

Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … for anaerobic fungi . Eventually, it’s possible that fungal communities — or enzymes from fungal communities — …

Congratulations to Jane Grimwood, who has been appointed the Loretta Purdy … Biotechnology! Loretta Spencer served as a manyterm mayor of Huntsville, Alabama and is known for her contributions to … At HudsonAlpha, she has continued to contribute across JGI plant genomes. She has appeared on the annual …

Scientists have discovered that the candidate bioenergy feedstock switchgrass has adapted to expand its habitat range. … A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for … team surveying the genomic and phenotypic diversity across the natural range of switchgrass found that …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single … the multiple advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including …