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… techniques to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those …

… more about the patterns and functions of environmental microbes. Researchers can use the tool to correlate protein … results in seeing their predicted functional and metabolic roles across global metagenomes (within IMG).  The Impact … measure the collection of the microbiome’s genetic makeup. Microbes have specific tetranucleotide frequencies, and an …

… Microbes drive critical ecosystem functions and affect …

… of secondary metabolites across bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. These molecules, which are not essential for … Studying how these compounds are biosynthesized and their roles in the environment, can unlock new avenues for … metabolites produced by bacteria, fungi, algae and plants. These compounds are key to organisms' interactions …

… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by … they all process loads of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able …

… the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , … genomics studies, offering insight into genes critical for roles including plant growth and cell wall development.  M. … leucine-rich repeats (NLRs) —stood out for their roles. Peroxidases are enzymes known to help a plant to …

… with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support plant and other efforts. The JGI works closely with DOE …

… come from livestock — specifically, from the methane-making microbes within their rumen. There is another climate-minded … reason for studying rumen: Livestock live off plant matter, and their rumen are highly capable of breaking … to understand. A better understanding of rumen and the microbes that live there can drive solutions into stemming …