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… insights into an ancient metabolism. Methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions … (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, for publicly available metagenome data … and short-chain alkane-oxidizing archaea. They used IMG because the database already contains metagenome …

… microorganisms for biofuel production and other sustainable applications. Summary Hot springs are … The microorganisms found there utilize a unique array of chemicals not typically found in oceans or soils.  A recent study published in  The ISME Journal     focused on a class within  Chloroflexota called  …

… Researchers report a new reference genome for eucalyptus in the July edition of the journal G3 Genes | Genomes | … , with significant advances compared to the 2014 Eucalyptus grandis reference genome that has been widely adopted. … analyses.   The Impact There are 900 species of eucalyptus. The trees are fast-growing plantation crops that supply …

… The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” morphology, this means using proteins on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific … Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific …

… Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility, Keedrian Olmstead was back on campus at the University of California, Merced to start … instructions for building and maintaining cells through the use of deep-sequencing technologies. The internship program …

… The Impact Traditional methods for breaking down biomass use aerobic methods (those using oxygen) to remove lignin and transform the remaining … into  biofuels and bioproducts. If anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … of 50 letters of intent submitted. Many of the proposals focus on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable resources for biofuels and bioproducts. Andrew …

… the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that can devastate a crop. The Impact In … foundational genetic information that crop breeders can use to improve sugarcane varieties and advance a sustainable bioeconomy. Researchers and farmers could improve …

… time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more clearly. … comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one of the two … Armaleo, a biologist at Duke University, investigated Gray’s Cup lichen  (Cladonia grayi) . The lichen’s primary …

… the ocean. Later during his postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he developed a high … bacterial cells and amplifying their genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. … a similar single-cell genomics pipeline that provides JGI users access to the genomes of uncultured microbes.  His …

… novel technique to access high-quality genomic information using minute quantities of DNA derived from individual … microbial genomes that were mapped to nearly 30 major previously uncharted branches of the tree of life. Used in tandem over the years, metagenomics and single cell …

… (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility,  reported on just how morel fruiting is triggered when nutrients are … every family of fungi. In the following guest piece, JGI user Dr. Tan details the results of the team’s work. Morels …