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… merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each … or more genome copies from additional parents or duplication, also known as “polyploidy,” is common among flowering … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. The new genome assembly resolves … The new improved genome assembly generated through the JGI’s Community Science Program will help support targeted … Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research program to provide the fundamental …

… fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason Stajich at the … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, found that the … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed …

… holds the key to discovering new antiviral medicines and treatments for infectious disease. Streptomycetes are also … and therefore a cornerstone of ActinoBase,  a public platform built on the knowledge of researchers studying … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, as well as a …

… A group led by JGI scientists have made strides in improving and applying a method that allows researchers to quickly modify diverse bacterial … microbiome. In work  reported in  Applied and Environmental Microbiology , the researchers engineered root …

… Methane Metabolism. Methane-producing archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is … carbon cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, report the …

… to the naked eye, microscopy reveals unexpected complexity At first glance, the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… summarizing the field of viral metagenomics, authored by JGI researchers Lee Call,  Stephen Nayfach and  Nikos … published in the journal  Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science . The following guest piece was written by Call, a postdoctoral fellow in the JGI Microbiome Data Science Group led by Kyrpides. Since early 2020, people …

… UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, JGI’s … assistant professor Suzanne Sindi from the School of Natural Sciences and started a program that offered a handful … on the Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change (SPRUCE) project Melanie LeGro (2016 …

… Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy … acquired the ability to produce their own food and generate oxygen as a byproduct. The abundance of oxygen shaped … of UC Berkeley geomicrobiologist Jill Banfield, a longtime JGI collaborator, postdoctoral fellow Paula Matheus …

… and importance in the fabric of our lives. In the United States, cotton production centers around two varieties: 95 percent of what is grown is known as Upland cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii show a long history of dynamic evolution … Boasting adaptations in order to protect themselves from environmental stresses, ferns’ secondary metabolites and … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …