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Busting the Unbreakable Lignin
… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components … to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … JGI data portals and pipelines helped identify potential genes responsible for lignin deconstruction. (The JGI also …
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Faunimonas pinastri gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the family Pleomorphomonadaceae, class Alphaproteobacteria
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Proposal of Patescibacterium danicum gen. Nov., sp. nov. in the ubiquitous ultrasmall bacterial phylum Patescibacteriota phyl. Nov
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Engagement Webinar: Harnessing JGI’s Metabolomics Capabilities
… The JGI Engagement Webinar held November 5, 2020 (watch the  video … involved? How long does it take to do all the analyses? A:  For the JGI  New Investigator and  Functional Genomics … et al.  MAGI: A Method for Metabolite Annotation and Gene Integration . ACS Chem Biol. 2019 Apr 19;14(4):704-714. …
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A new reference genome for Sorghum bicolor reveals high levels of sequence similarity between sweet and grain genotypes: implications for the genetics of sugar metabolism
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Genetic Analysis of Physcomitrella patens Identifies ABSCISIC ACID NON-RESPONSIVE, a Regulator of ABA Responses Unique to Basal Land Plants and Required for Desiccation Tolerance
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Frigoriflavimonas asaccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic esterase and protease producing bacterium isolated from Antarctica
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From Competition to Cooperation
… Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple … to carry out a broader analysis than had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently … to white rot fungi. Additionally, some of the saprotrophic genes found in the mycorrhizal species, such as nutrient …
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River microbiomes from around the world: Kelly Wrighton
… Kelly Wrighton and her group at Colorado State University in Fort Collins have a massive …
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Tanja Woyke
… After studying the mechanism of action of antifungal natural products and their … was the symbiont community of a gutless oligochaete for which she deciphered function and host-symbiont … an Adjunct Scientist appointment at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences since 2012 and an Adjunct Professor at …
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Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Synthesis by “Candidatus Weimeria bifida” gen. nov., sp. nov., and “Candidatus Pseudoramibacter fermentans” sp. nov.
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Novel spore-forming species exhibiting intrinsic resistance to third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins and description of Tigheibacillus jepli gen. nov., sp. nov.
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