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… down lignin (think of a fallen, decomposing tree in the forest). Because oxygen is essential to how these fungi … wasn’t quite accurate, and maybe anaerobic fungi living in soils or the guts of livestock were more capable than … for lignin deconstruction. (The JGI also conducted RNA sequencing and alignment to the reference fungal  genome …

… years ago, when eelgrass traveled across the ocean current from Japan to colonize the southern California and Mexican … This study was supported by a PhD scholarship from the China Scholarship Council to L.Y. (number … HIDSS-0005) and by a grant to J. Eisen, J.J.S. and J.L.O. from the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… abilities to adapt to extreme environments such as poor soils and drought. The reference genome for M. sinensis, and … genomic tools, allows Miscanthus to both inform and benefit from breeding programs of related candidate bioenergy … was recently published in Nature Communications by an international, multi-institutional team. The work was a joint …

… fluorescent biosensors before, but such sensors require external illumination, making them difficult to use inside deep … changes in cyclic di-GMP via live cell imaging. Summary From digestive tracts to plant surfaces and soil, bacteria … imaging. The work was enabled in part by a proposal to the DNA Synthesis CSP call , and the results are described in …

… From left to right: [above] Olivia Ahern, Adriana Corales, …