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… Research yields a comprehensive tree and soil dataset for understanding the dynamic relationship between poplar … data set will help identify how different elements of the ecosystem interact and respond to changes in the … and associated microbial communities. This revealed key metabolic pathways and metabolites associated with the …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could open avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes … abundant miscellanea of their surroundings. Case in point: for us, the smell of the ocean simply signals we’re near the …

… The Science Researchers have successfully automated aspects of a commonly-used process for studying microbial communities, with results published … into how plant materials can be broken down for things like biomass and  biofuels . However, AMF and the microbial …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… archaea are estimated to produce 500 million tons of methane a year, which is over half the total global … to use billions of tons of the carbon dioxide trapped in biomass each year to do so. As such, they are considered to … cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and CO2-reducing, or …

… the DOE JGI hosted 10 interns who came from a wide range of backgrounds. Many of them spent the summer crunching … analyses at their desks. As part of the DOE JGI’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences, … underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. This summer, they worked …

… Gilman, Louis Graf, Yuxi Guo, Shaomei He, Vayu Hill- Maini, Forrest Lefler, Pok Man (Bob) Leung and Huang Li; [middle] … You, Yong Zhang and Zhiping Zhong. (All images courtesy of the researchers) Each year, the JGI searches for novel … the effects of biochar on rhizosphere microbiomes, and the metabolic pathways of algae. They will harness JGI …

… genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single … advances in sequencing technologies applied to the effort. The Impact Found on all continents, including … heavy metal contamination, and drought. The moss genomes’ metabolic pathways could lead to the discovery of genes that …