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… By characterizing the structure and function of a … reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes … of the sulfur they need to grow and divide. Similar to the bacterial enzymes that fix nitrogen — nitrogenases — other …

… Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida … provides the only known reference microbiome data sets for the Loxahatchee Refuge,  was published in the journal  … able to tell the students that the paper was accepted for publication in a reputable scientific journal. It was …

… Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential … model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel applications. The Impact Sphagnum’s impact … permafrost from the warming regional temperatures. For this reason, the U.S. Department of Energy is overseeing …

… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The … Science A team led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley used a multi-omics approach to reconstruct … hemicellulose. The Impact N. crassa is the model organism for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of …

… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against … revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a diverse array of …

… Open Green Genomes hits milestone with C. richardii The Science Fern genomes are huge, and incredibly … metabolites and associated genes are great resources for bioremediation, new agricultural applications or … history of a pivotal plant as well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s distant cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, …

… Researchers start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs … always found among and within poplar trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of … associations with endophytes — a group whose effects on plants are still not well understood — scientists can better …

… The JGI leverages its existing partnerships and develops others providing complementary … has a long-term partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further …

… For the last 15 years, Ray Turner has been one constant for the Joint Genome Institute. On July 1, 2020, that all … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple … to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently … evolved to establish symbiotic relationships with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed …

… High-throughput stable isotope probing helps ID novel interactions between … successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published … mutually beneficial relationships with over 80% of land plants, which means they offer a lot of insights into how …