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New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components … to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … the entire landscape of biomass production and bioproduct engineering. Summary That organisms make use of cellulose …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable … sequences have been cited in almost one-fourth (23.8%) of publications focused on that specific algae. The reference … lab and second author on the paper, studied viral genetics and gene therapy before self-training himself as a …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against … revealed that just a handful of enzymes are needed to transform zealexins and related precursors into a bonanza of … They screened panels of hundreds of maize lines for genetic variation in the ability make zealexins, and …

Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the … fungal natural products, O’Malley and her team plan to use genetic tools to boost production and isolate the compounds. …

JGI researchers lend expertise to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth … viruses are likely to infect, and (iii) identifying the genetic traits of the viruses to better understand their …

With a new methodology, scientists are now getting more complete … the  genomes of microorganisms is incredibly useful for understanding the microbiome of the earth, but most … it’s difficult to link the connections to them from the genetic elements that scientists have found, e.g. plasmids …

Congratulations to US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … of the Microbiome Data Prize by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Roux leads the Viral Genomics group … in natural ecosystems, and functionally explore viral genetic diversity.  In 2021, he was among those selected by …