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… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … years evolving tactics against potential threats. “Because plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough … of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able to pry apart plant polymers …

… fungal lineages. The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a … evolved to establish symbiotic relationships with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed … relationships outside of the root cells) lineages. To learn why, researchers analyzed 135 fungal genomes representing …

… learned a lot so much history from this conversation about why the ocean was basically unexplored until the 70s, and … local marine environment. I went out and picked up marine plants, I picked up animals. And I asked the simple … forward to seeing the data when it finally gets off the sequencers. The pandemic has obviously slowed JGI down a …

… genome sequencing of new fungal species.  Students collect fungi, sterilize tissue, isolate genes and more. The … and distribution of fungal genome datasets. It includes JGI-sequenced and publicly available datasets encompassing a … and researchers, facilitating the transition from genomic sequences to biological inference and understanding of …

… genetic material of Olpidium. They inoculated cucumber roots with zoospores of Olpidium bornovanus and allowed the … genetic material with various origins, ranging from fungi, plants to bacteria. Back in 2011 when these genome and … of binning methods, we were able to recover Olpidium sequences from the “contaminated” genome data with strong …

Duncan: Yeah. I love actinomycetes. Dan Udwary: Tell us why. I mean, I know, but I think– Alison Takemura: I want to … of almost finished characterizing them. We’ve got genome sequences, which are just incredible. We’ve looked at the … transcriptomics, metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to …

… at JGI start with sequencing, but where else did those sequences go? Like, what are the other scientific tools we … our eukaryotic genomes, all our eukaryotic genomes. Fungal plant, algal genomes, a lot of effort goes into generating … that describe the work. In general. Scientific merit and why it’s important. The DOE mission is one of these …

… at genomes and seeing where the really hard things to sequence were, and wondering what those … what those were … functional was these secondary metabolite pathways. So why was that? What is it about secondary metabolite pathways … As a host, and a little bit of my newer work is focused on plants, but in both cases, you know, these molecules are how …

… in the analysis and publication of the claimed genome sequences. This opportunity, provided by the Department of … builds upon thousands of microbial genomes that have been sequenced by the JGI though not formally analyzed or … IMG/M … Publications … Access to the microbial genomes and associated resources/tutorials is freely available, and any …

… and environmental challenges. In March 2008, the genome sequence of the forest fungus Laccaria bicolor was published … a JGI Flagship Genome and the first tree to have its genome sequenced. Having this first genome sequence of a …       Francis Martin on the main impact of ectomycorrhizal fungi, excerpted from his talk at the 2015 JGI Annual …

… to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled … So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences … the forest floor: the leaf litter on top of the soil, the roots of the trees, the rhizosphere soil (soil under direct …