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… National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), generated genome sequences for nearly 600 green millet plants and released a very high quality reference S. viridis genome sequence. Analysis of these plant genome sequences also led researchers to identify a gene related to …

… nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes are abundant, and to which microbes they belong. This study provides further insights … So, to be able to identify proteins, the team compiled DNA sequences (metagenomes) and messenger RNA sequences (transcriptomes) from their soil samples. This …

… revealed the largest number of TPS genes of any currently sequenced plant, a number closely followed by E. globulus . … list of putative genes from C. citriodora to known TPS gene sequences from Eucalyptus species and other plants. The … and function of these TPS genes, Australian researchers sequenced mRNA from different tissues of C. citriodora . …

… 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 … . In an herbivore’s poop sample, there’s a whole heap of microbes, each potentially contributing to powerful biomass …

… Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI (isolates here , here and here ), and …