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… in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar … carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an international team … to harvest all the energy they can. The results in the study were enabled by a number of  in vitro and  in vivo …

… addition to the synthetic biologist’s toolkit: a technique for  c hassis (or strain)-independent  r ecombinase- a … “CRAGE is central to our ability to offer host-engineering for our users,” says JGI Director Nigel Mouncey. Using … cover of ACS Synthetic Biology. (Wayne Keefe/Berkeley Lab) For example, the JGI first used CRAGE to engineer …

… always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of … — scientists can better fine-tune their engineering efforts of both plants and root microbiomes to grow energy … and  I. europaea  genomes sequenced and annotated for this study. The team found that, unlike pathogenic or mycorrhizal …

… world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the sugarcane cultivar R570 has been  published in  … sugarcane  genome , the JGI provides foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve sugarcane …

… regulation is critical to ensuring genes vital for growth and survival across various environments are … given sigma factor are inferred. Prior to this most recent study, only 12 sigma factors and 200 genes (or 209 sigma … to 399. Two of the 11 sigma factors addressed in the study were found to control more than 100 genes, one of …

… Australia but is increasingly farmed in other countries for essential oil production. The recent assembly of two … subspecies variegata genomes allowed researchers to study the conservation and evolution of the genes … part in biotic and abiotic stress responses. Overall, this study improves our understanding of the terpene synthase …

… Across four forests, researchers have leveraged data from the 1000 Fungal Genomes project to form new connections between fungal guilds, genes and … Remarkable Similarity Despite Vast Diversity For this study, researchers collected soil samples from four sites: …

… to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly. As … of sustainable chemical products,” said Jewett, one of the study’s senior authors. “But this has been done most … graduate student Blake Rasor. He and Yi, one of the study co-authors, have maintained a regular shipment …

… living on a changing planet. Mo Kaze is a University of California (UC), Merced graduate student working with  Susannah … Community Structure and Methane Production in California’s Canal System,” focuses on anthropogenic impacts on … and metabolism, work on which she is expanding with her study of microbes in California’s manmade water transport …

… infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest … more productive cacao plants and ensure there will be cocoa for chocolate tomorrow In 2010, a draft first genome of  … assembled by the plant team at the  HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology . An updated reference genome for  T. …