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… New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science … Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often source their nutrients — the shii tree, a Japanese … away in wood, converting it into their own carbon-rich structures, as well as atmospheric carbon dioxide.  Summary …

… Yeast strains engineered for the biochemical conversion of glucose to value-added products are limited in chemical … an alternative format for chemical synthesis in the absence of cell growth by isolating the soluble components of lysed … to produce the small molecules glycerol and itaconic acid to see how the cell-free system allowed them to …

… Antarctic algae need their vitamins; zinc fuels some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny … important for polar phytoplankton.  After peering into the function and activity of phytoplankton genes and looking at … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …

… In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both …   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … of plant metabolism. This metabolism, called crassulacean acid metabolism, or CAM — that’s C-A-M, for short — helps …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … had not been known to produce flagella — propeller-like structures that enable organisms to swim around. However, …

… (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics chloroplast function within a cell-sized system. The Impact … (Berkeley Lab). Supporting the Erb lab through the CSP Functional Genomics call, the JGI synthesized library of …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of … and analysis of their data at the time. Following the publication of their paper in 2011, Dr. Sekimoto from …

… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  Community Science Program (CSP) call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … adapted thrive in environments including hot springs and acid mining sites, traits that might have biotechnological …

… Multi-species assays yield an unprecedented view of plant evolution and adaptation.    Understanding how … of years of evolution, suggesting it plays an important functional role in regulating gene expression. Focusing on … widely across genomes, the team found only a subset were functionally relevant. Those conserved across species tend …

… campus. Organized every two years since 2018, the goal of this symposium is to bring together a “Viral Ecogenomics” … uncultivated viral diversity, understand the role of viruses in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity toward … providing an overview of the latest discoveries related to functional characterization of novel viral diversity, …

… scientists and researchers more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to … from their studied system results in seeing their predicted functional and metabolic roles across global metagenomes … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute ( https://ror.org/04xm1d337 …

… The JGI is leveraging its current partnerships to offer new capabilities and resources to users through a BER … is discoverable and accessible. Linking the resources of powerful institutions like the JGI, KBase, NCBI, NMDC, … access to diverse datasets that deepen our understanding of how organisms interact with each other and with their …