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… is a powerful, high-throughput gene-editing tool that can help scientists engineer organisms for bioenergy applications. Cas9 needs guide RNA to lead it to the correct sequence to snip — but not … This work was supported by DOE Joint Genome Institute grant  CSP-503076 (IW, HA, and MB) and NSF  1706545 (IW). HA …

… Nanohaloarchaeota cultures reveal they are symbionts and not … microbiology and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that Nanohaloarchaeota are symbionts, rather than … of an obligate symbiont—entirely dependent on the other for required nutrients—is genome size. The obligate …

… Microbial communities living near hydrothermal deep-sea vents hold vast potential for bioenergy.   The Science Hydrothermal vents are ocean-floor openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, … This work was funded by the US-National Science Foundation grants OCE-0728391, OCE-0937404, OCE-1558795 to A-L.R, and …

… 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 … products have been an important source of antibiotics. Indeed, these anaerobic fungi may be using these compounds for …

…   Later this year, Ian Rambo, a graduate student in Brett Baker’s lab at the University of Texas at … the SCGSR research experience was “an ideal opportunity for me to get real-world experience.” As he finalizes his …

… DOE user facilities EMSL and JGI announce FY 2020 collaborative FICUS projects. Through the Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science (FICUS) program, two Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national user … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean …

… Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other … . Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments … Chloroflexota lost when they returned to an ocean home. A deeper understanding of how these bacteria evolved could …

… Populations of Antarctic lake microbial communities change with the … bacteria (phototrophs) in Antarctica’s Ace Lake defy the norm when it comes to nutrient cycling in polar … occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity that dominates …

… special groups of actinobacteria Streptomyces is more than just a funny word. The 500 species described within the group are responsible for roughly two-thirds of antibiotics, and a deeper … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE missions related to clean …

… Highlighting the latest interactive version of the JGI’s plant data portal. On August 6, 2021,  version 12 of Phytozome … Since May 2019, v12 has not had any additional genomes added to it, nor had any feature updates. Phytozome  v13, … of 250 plant genomes and has been under active development for over 5 years, provides users with the genome browsers, …

… the JGI DNA Synthesis Science Program. Fashioning DNA outside a cell is key to interrogating what genes do, how they work, and applying them to environmental and energy challenges. … more than 10 papers, including two Nature Plants publications, in five years, have come out of the …

… sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently … Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, and supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. …