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New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula   The Science Shiitake mushrooms get … decomposers that can break down all of wood’s components — cellulose, hemicellulose, and the toughest molecule, lignin. … and their evolution could provide strategies for converting plant waste into sugars for  biofuel production. …

… fragments and data quality. The Science Through advances in sequencing technologies and computational approaches, … effort, an international consortium recommended specific guidelines and best practices for characterizing uncultivated … (IMG/M) suite, as well as sequences from the Global Ocean Virome 2.0 dataset based on open ocean samples. CheckV …

… data gathered from whole samples rather than single cells or isolated strains, is easy to generate, but … a camera’s ability to recognize your face and distinguish it from your friend’s. Biologists aim to capitalize on these kinds of abilities by …

Award , one of DOE’s highest honors! Tringe, a microbiologist, was recognized for “advances in sequence-based studies of microbial assemblies, revealing the roles of … communities in carbon cycling, in interactions with plants, and as drivers of methane production, nutrient …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next … absorbable solution of sugars. But pollen contains plant cell walls, which have complex, branching chains of …

… genomics research and to help them translate genomic information into biological function.  The emphasis is on … .  … Proposers are encouraged to review the JGI’s sample requirements . Samples that are not available in a timely … approval for processing. … Review Process … Sample Requirements … For general questions, please reach out to …

… – Jack Gilbert, Ashley Shade, and Jason Stajich! They join six other JGI users already serving on the UEC – go here … the JGI’s community outreach efforts with diversity, equity and inclusion in mind. Microbiome ecologist Shade … collaborators and other scientific organizations. Fungal biologist Stajich from UC Riverside sees the JGI’s open …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … active. In viruses, DGRs appear to generate diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new microbial prey. …

CRISPR-Cas9 systems. PloS one. 15: 11. 2020 Blaby & Cheng, Building a custom high-throughput platform at the Joint … Exploiting algal NADPH oxidase for biophotovoltaic energy. Plant biotechnology journal . 14: 1, 22-28. 2016 Blaby et. … from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals continuous cell and metabolic differentiation. The Plant Cell . 27: 10, …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …

… latest article, published January 27, is about engineering plants and their microbiomes for more sustainable … agriculture and was written by JGI computational biologist Rekha Seshadri. Writing the  Nature   Reviews … relate to energy and the environment.” she says. “So, it’s quite a natural fit and a nice complement to the …

The DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 … Tree of Life and latest discoveries toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial symbiosis. Further, the … Sea Research (NIOZ) Nicole Poulton , Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences Roland Hatzenpichler , Montana State …