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… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … by a growing human population and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is … a candidate bioenergy crop for its potential production of biomass on marginal lands not usable for conventional food …

… plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), relied on a model grass system for answers. Their work  recently appeared in  Nature … small genomes, short life cycles and can be easily transformed, traits that make them easy to work with …

… All staff members of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) commit to … to establish with our stakeholders. The guiding principles for participating on JGI Advisory Committees are outlined in … The UEC represents the JGI user community and is responsible for providing input and advice on JGI policies and practices …

… For the first time in several years, the DOE Joint Genome … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth … Igor Grigoriev and Bishoy Kamel, A Comparative Analysis of Metabolic Pathways in Fungal Pathogens Shayna Bennett and …

… (metagenomes). However, the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled virus sequences vary widely. In a previous effort, an international consortium recommended specific … annotation methods, it was possible to distinguish between metabolic genes found in the viral genome versus those from …

… been utilizing metagenomics as a way to study a collection of hard-to-culture microbes, but the efficacy of this … a team of researchers has been working on improving methods for isolating and characterizing entire microbial genomes … of community members and their genome-encoded metabolic capabilities and interactions. Supported by JGI’s …

… to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, researchers have identified a protein in soil viruses … The work was enabled in part by a community data portal of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … on hidden components, including genes called auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) that have nothing to do with a virus’ …

… works in partnership with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, which specializes in genome improvement for plants. As part of that partnership, the JGI and HudsonAlpha researchers led … nitrate versus urea showed nitrogen and amino acid-specific metabolic pathways were overrepresented in the …