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Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. … Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass … Cole explain their research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.  …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be … was theorized that sex determination was possibly driven by genetics, or even temperature. By sequencing the genome, …

… to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in … researchers must examine the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and …

… in sequences affect traits. In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying array of combinations, are unremarkable, save perhaps for the … physical features and functions. Making connections between the structures and functions of the genes encoded in …

Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … themselves can also be modified. The best-known example of a modified DNA base is a methylation of the base cytosine … more than 500 species of fungi. The Impact Interactions between plants and fungi run the gamut from mutually …

New Graduate Internship Program Builds Bridges Between DOE JGI, UC Merced Days after presenting the results of his summer research at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development and application of advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model … … Metabolomics Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

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 … use to break down wood, and compares genetic diversity between cultivated and wild shiitake populations. The Impact …

After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their … Nature Communications, Nature Protocols, Nature Reviews Genetics, ISME J, Nucleic Acids Research, DOE Small Business … User Programs … Education … Awards and Service … Selected Publications …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … “All along the way, it was just like rediscovering genetics, with the evolution of sequencing technologies and …

… that CRISPR-Cas systems determine mutualism or parasitism between some archaeal hosts and their hitchhikers. The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet … mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the chemicals they need to survive. To fill in their …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … work also paved the way for a longstanding collaboration between researchers at the JGI and the French National …