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… roles in both the carbon and nitrogen cycles, break down plant mass (think biofuels ), enhance plant health, cause diseases, and produce antibiotics. … metabolite discovery in particular, this is a cautionary tale on their limitations; the need for high-quality isolate …

… Grimwood heads the Library Construction group for the JGI Plant Program . Her collaborations with the JGI began soon … DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) have expanded the network of common gardens and are exploring improvements to switchgrass through more targeted genome …

… to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled … Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are they both actually doing the job? By … that there is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light and …

… endobacteria, the Rhizopus fungus cannot act as a plant pathogen, it cannot reproduce asexually, and … the host. Using the mutualistic relationship between the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizopus microsporus (Rm) and … Rm-Burkholderia relationship, Rhizopus is neither a plant pathogen nor able to reproduce with ease. So far, all …

… a large part of the creation of the tool. The team used two types: Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and k-Nearest … for each of the 12,063 metagenomes) and reduce it into two axes (LDA coordinates). These KNN-derived phase …

… on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.  …

… Garden Club, hosted a DIY Succulent Workshop and Plant Sale. All year, the JGI helps support finding … ZERO Waste Initiative members took on another new effort: planting a potted sustainable garden outside the building. … Garden Club has organized lunchtime gardening sessions to plant succulents and cacti in the large terracotta pots. …

… fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii … ancient gene transfers from bacteria have all armed the plant with an array of defense mechanisms. The Impact There … will illuminate the evolutionary history of a pivotal plant as well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s …

… organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among … trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the … associations with endophytes — a group whose effects on plants are still not well understood — scientists can better …

… Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national … gene functions that may be relevant to both algae and land plants.  Within the biogeochemistry group, one of the four … influences the soil microbiome and biochemical reaction networks, and also assessing the role of viruses in the soil …

… — and dives into their work on all kinds of organisms, from plants and fungi to microbes and viruses. Listen in to …