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… The Science After a wildfire burns, recovery begins at the forest floor. Within the soil, a microbiome of bacteria, viruses and fungi process carbon and nitrogen, … across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting microbial genes with functions useful for forest recovery, this study …

… Puerto Nuevo is a small town along the Baja California coastline in Mexico. While conducting early field … UC Merced graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan and alumnus of the JGI-UC Merced Genomics Internship Program, first … Cone Snail  Californiconus californicus (and cone snails in general) outside of mostly anecdotal information,” Ul-Hasan …

… Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the Biodesign Platform at the Joint Genome Institute, where he leads three … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … view to developing a deeper understanding of sequence-based gene function. …

… 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 … This work was supported by the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program (DEB-1542509 to S.D., DEB-1542486 to … 2016YFD0600101), and the National Key Project for Basic Research (2012CB114504). The work conducted by the …

… JGI-led team significantly expands the global diversity of large and giant viruses. While the microbes in a single … viruses (NCLDV) supergroup. The expansion of the diversity for large and giant viruses offered the researchers insights … more than 8,500 publicly available metagenome datasets generated from sampling sites around the world, including …

… Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida … school scientists. The Florida Everglades evokes images of fanboats skimming over swamps, while alligators peer … provides the only known reference microbiome data sets for the Loxahatchee Refuge,  was published in the journal  …

… world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar production. A reference genome for the … in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the … at CIRAD was supported by the International Consortium for Sugarcane Biotechnology. The work at the Institute of …

… Genome annotations of two C. citriodora subspecies broaden understanding of the terpene synthase gene family across eucalypt lineages. The Science From the … Australia but is increasingly farmed in other countries for essential oil production. The recent assembly of two …

… fungal infections. That’s why Mars, Inc., a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years and one of the world’s largest … more productive cacao plants and ensure there will be cocoa for chocolate tomorrow In 2010, a draft first genome of  … address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit  …

… gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Billions of years ago, methane-producing archaea likely played a key … of the Earth’s atmosphere and regulating the global climate for life to flourish. For Guillaume Borrel and Simonetta … of the Institut Pasteur in France, the importance of methanogenesis and the presence of methanogens in nearly all types …