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The Mutualist Laccaria bicolor Expresses a Core Gene Regulon During the Colonization of Diverse Host Plants and a Variable Regulon to Counteract Host-Specific Defenses.
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How to Target a Microbial Needle within a Community Haystack
… microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at the Max Planck … the microbial world through bulk community sequencing (metagenomics) and single-cell genomics, the vast majority of … DNA could be sequenced. Their protocol,  detailed in the journal  Microbiome , combines multiple techniques and was …
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JGI Announces 2026 New Investigator Portfolio
… accepted proposals.  The New Investigator call , part of our  Community Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with … and genome assembly to investigate microbial and plant metabolism across diverse ecosystems — from Antarctic …
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A Community Resource for Secondary Metabolite Researchers
… The Secondary Metabolism Collaboratory encourages user engagement. The Science In addition to the core set of "primary … BGC sequences. Expansion of the SMC to include fungal, plant, viral, and metagenome data is currently underway. … Institute (https:// ror.org/04xm1d337), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science …
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JGI-Enabled Research Demonstrates the Existence of New Methane-Makers
… bioeconomy, including, potentially, methane as an energy source.  Until recently, our understanding of these … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … Euryarchaeota .  Finding Methane-Making Microbes with Metagenomics  By leveraging metagenomics to sample the entirety …
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Deletion of either the regulatory gene ara1 or metabolic gene xki1 in Trichoderma reesei leads to increased CAZyme gene expression on crude plant biomass
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Genetic Analysis of Physcomitrella patens Identifies ABSCISIC ACID NON-RESPONSIVE, a Regulator of ABA Responses Unique to Basal Land Plants and Required for Desiccation Tolerance
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Sphingomonas palmae sp. nov. and Sphingomonas gellani sp. nov., endophytically associated phyllosphere bacteria isolated from economically important crop plants
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Secreted Effector Proteins of the Poplar Leaf Spot and Stem Canker Pathogen Sphaerulina musiva Manipulate Plant Immunity and Contribute to Virulence in Diverse Ways.
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User Executive Committee
… on JGI policies and practices that affect users and their science including technical capabilities offered, proposal …
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You Can Move, But You Can’t Hide
… mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are genetic entities … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), with computing resources provided by NERSC, another user facility at Berkeley … cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics of MGEs and their evolution at the cellular level, …
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A Natural Mechanism Can Turbocharge Viral Evolution
… allows microbes to adapt to changing environments. The Science The first step in the deadly dance between a virus … Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science user facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … who led the research team and is the head of the Viral Genomics group at the JGI, thinks that if you’re a virus or …
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