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… foundation     Over the past billion years, fungi have spread quietly throughout our planet. From the deepest ocean … Earth's fungal kingdom. The manuscript reviews about 200 publications linking evolutionary history and innovations across different classes of fungi. “The enormous …

… Using the IMG/M data portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied … the hidden secrets of soil viruses. The Impact The specific protein described in  a recent study in  Nature … changes in  soil carbon content can influence atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and thereby affect …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing … can yield sugar monomers, it’s only with the aid of specialized bacterial enzymes. Honey bees rely on their gut … community carries out its helpful metabolism: who’s responsible for what biochemical processes? Now, an …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of … Burkholderia , is recognized as a mutualist, where both species of organism benefit from association, but was … part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes project. As reported in the November 29, 2017 issue of Nature Communications , the team …

… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural … Merced's School of Natural Sciences since 2015. Prospective users with specific questions regarding their proposed research are … Tanja Woyke is the Microbial Science Program Head as well as our …

… Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild … in leaf angle,” noted Schmutz. “It’s a nice example of de novo discovery and then mapping back to identify candidate … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of …

… Global chocolate brands can’t exist without cocoa According to the  International … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility  located at Lawrence … Theobroma cacao on Phytozome Data Portal … HudsonAlpha scientists help secure the future of chocolate with …

… Researchers at the JGI develop a tool to quickly and accurately … are genetic entities that seek to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of … now, most other tools have focused on identifying only specific plasmids or viruses. geNomad combines a broad …

… How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire … to improve crop breeding. For example, Schmutz noted, specific genes of interest could be associated with a … This work was supported by NSF DEB-1541005 and start-up funds from UF …

… Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes …

…   For years, researchers have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the …

… Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science . It detailed how they’d used …