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… they’d used metagenomics to identify over 27,000 microbial genes. The data from that study is now used across … University campuses for biotechnology education as part of a course-based undergraduate resource experience. Hear from CSU San Marcos Professor Matt Escobar and UC Davis Associate Professor …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential genes responsible for lignin deconstruction. (The JGI also …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … 2007, the JGI has been working on identifying switchgrass genes related to biomass production, drought tolerance, and …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements that showcase our collaborations and … of Missouri said he and his colleagues had identified 1,110 genes involved in lipid metabolism.  “There’s still a lot of …

Congratulations to the proposers of the 19 proposals selected for the 2023 Community Science Program call of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome … This year’s annual CSP call had five areas of emphasis: genes to function, plant and algal functional genomics, …

The chromosome-scale genome sequence of trifoliate orange yields clues to disease-resistance that … from greening disease. You’ve probably never heard of trifoliate orange. Otherwise known as  Poncirus … annotating and analyzing the genome in order to find the genetic traits responsible for  P. trifoliata ’s hardiness, …

New studies show methanogenesis is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s …

Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal lineages. The … role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal saprotrophs in the forest. White rot can break … to white rot fungi. Additionally, some of the saprotrophic genes found in the mycorrhizal species, such as nutrient …

… synthetic fixation cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take … (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology and the University of Bordeaux have developed a platform that mimics … carbon captured from the atmosphere in a process that generates energy. The MPI team ultimately aims to develop an …

… get any sunlight, and yet they still support a unique array of microorganisms adapted to living in extreme conditions. … five oceanic regions. In doing so, they found a high degree of variability in the types of microorganisms that inhabit … conditions. They identified 511 new or recently discovered genera of bacteria and archaea. Many of the samples shared a …

Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next generation of flowering vegetation. In …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other … loss of cell walls and a complex pattern of evolution for genes related to eating plant compounds in both the oceanic …