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… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass breakdown. They’ve spent millions … for anaerobic fungi . Eventually, it’s possible that fungal communities — or enzymes from fungal communities — …

… The Science The humble lichen is a superorganism: one being that is actually comprised of two (or more) … Asterochloris glomerata . To see how gene expression changes when living together versus apart, the team grew the … Armaleo and colleagues worked with Igor Grigoriev, the Fungal & Algal Program lead at the US Department of Energy …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … Methane emissions are a massive factor driving climate change. According to the Environmental Protection Agency , …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable … bacterial clades shared between honey bee and bumblebee gut microbiomes. Researchers found that pollen’s pectin and … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility …

… Adapting the graduate research experience amidst a global …

… system traces polyploid genome evolution. Flowering plants abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids with two genome copies, one from each parent. Having three or more genome copies from additional parents or …

… Hao Tan from the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China and involving Francis Martin from the Institut … an external source.  The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 Fungal Genomes Project, which aims to provide genomic … the team’s work. Morels are economically, culturally, and ecologically important fungi, widely prized as a culinary …

… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science … in every corn variety and protect maize by fending off fungal and microbial infections. Scientists had assumed that … sesquiterpenoids, National Science Foundation Plant-Biotic Interactions Program (grant no. 1758976 to E.S. and P.Z.) …

… of Microbiology (AAM) ! She is among the 68 new Fellows in the Class of 2020, selected from 118 nominees. The selection process for AAM Fellows is based on … with Woyke, two JGI users were also elected to the AAM: fungal researcher Jason Stajich of the University of …

… Learn more about JGI’s  PhycoCosm data portal , an interactive collection of sequenced algal genomes, omics … your Tree ever differ from NCBI Taxonomy? A(nswer): If you find that our trees are incorrect or need to be changed, please contact us and we’ll work work it out 2.  …