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Analysis reveals the microbial community involved in a bioremediation effort. The Science In 1999, … PCE (perchloroethylene) found its way into the groundwater of several communities in New Mexico via leakage from a … to bioremediation efforts for decades. Identifying resident microbes that can help bioremediate toxic substances has led …

How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . Now, high-quality reference genome sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single …

In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI … head Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh outline more targeted approaches to reconstruct individual microbes in an environmental sample beyond the …

To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers … compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos …

… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient … communities deep underground, and before the pandemic, they took the JGI on a sampling field trip. One of the questions …

… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — one thing is for sure: there are lots of fungi around. Within a forest’s soil, hundreds of species … mycorrhizal symbionts shuttle water and nutrients to trees; plant pathogens colonize living plants to feed on them.  …

The IAC is chartered by the JGI Chief Informatics Officer (CIO) and reports to the JGI Director. The IAC is chartered to render advice, …

A genetic architecture that is characteristic of the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most …

The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that could prove fruitful for saving Citrus from greening disease. You’ve probably never … orange ripens only bitter, intensely sour fruit. Yet this plant, native to China and now disseminated around the …

The JGI Engagement Webinar held November 5, 2020 (watch the  video below, captions … (CSP) . This includes mass spectrometry-based measurements of primary and secondary metabolites from plants, microorganisms, and environmental samples using …

Danielle operates the single-cell genomics pipeline for JGI collaborators. This work combines custom flow cytometric analysis, … novel flow cytometry protocols for targeted recovery of specific microbes. …

Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The … of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and …