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… candidate phyla, major branches in the phylogenetic tree without cultivated representatives. The “Great Plate-Count … trait or phenotype of interest, prior to and in conjunction with whole genome sequencing. … J., Kyrpides N. C., Koonin E. V., Woyke T . Giant viruses with an expanded complement of translation system …

… sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir …

… multi-terabyte datasets assembled for the first time with  MetaHipMer , taking advantage of scalable parallel …

… Jan. 12 workshop: The Rapidly Expanding Genomics of Algae   With advances in genomics technologies, keen interest in the … of the wider genomics community. Jan. 13 workshop: BER Plant Genomic Science In this workshop, we will present … genomic sequence information to BER funded activities of plant systems. We will describe how to apply for a project …

… Oh, the magical world of the cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. Rumen microbes have the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans … one of the challenges of developing alternative fuels from plants is the high cost and resource requirements of …

… Science Program , allows us to work and share our tools with a widening circle of researchers whose work aligns with DOE missions .  Below find a list of researchers whose … and environmental DNA sequencing to explore microbial and plant interactions across unique ecosystems, from alpine …

… genetic material, thus bypassing the need to culture these microbes in the lab. After joining the JGI, he formed the … that provides JGI users access to the genomes of uncultured microbes.  His group also handles the Stable Isotope Probing … in situ functional activities of specific microbial groups within complex communities.  The Microscale Applications …

… be engineered. “Piloting access to this emerging technology with JGI users will enable us to assess CRAGE’s impact, … advantage of their joint metabolisms. Because, together, microbes can be used to create compounds more efficiently … Blow, and their team have also harnessed CRAGE to create a plant-fertilizing microbiome. In work  reported in  Applied …

… green sharpshooter. In 2012, single cells isolated from the microbes found in the oil plume from Deepwater Horizon oil …

… What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your … biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative to fossil fuels. …

… and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow them … a job site for a task that requires a flathead screwdriver with a full toolbox including Phillips and specialty …