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… flavor of wine, terpenes are ubiquitous. A diverse group of plant-produced organic compounds, terpenes play key roles in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions. … C. citriodora suggest that these plants synthesize a high level of secondary metabolites which play a part in biotic …

… process carbon and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes … within the soil. To get a clearer picture of how burned ecosystems return to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By …

… metabolites for multiple applications. The planet’s microbial diversity is immense, yet much of it remains … environments, actinobacteria play roles in both the carbon and nitrogen cycles, break down plant mass (think biofuels ), enhance plant health, cause … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… a computer could use to conduct a similar type of search in microbial and metagenomic databases. In this case, the … co-infecting phages and with the host’s CRISPR-Cas immunity systems. Countering Co-Infections, Ensuring Host Survival Many bacteria have CRISPR-Cas systems that incorporate short sequences from infecting …

… to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among the JGI Flagship Plants . Since 2007, the JGI has been working on identifying … The switchgrass genome sequence is available on the JGI plant data portal Phytozome. The combination of field data … Plant Dataset …

… learned so much in terms of scientific approach and as a plant biologist, I have learned so many techniques and … system for the selection of genes essential for specialized carbon utilization ” Jesica Calderon : “Being a JGI intern … W. Berkeley Kauffman Project: “ 16s Sequencing of Barcoded Microbial Genomes ” Morgan Lavenstein Bendall : “It’s great …

… Pawlowska, who studies fungal-bacterial symbiotic systems, noted that she would like to help advance JGI … Additionally, she noted, “I would also like to offer my insights in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) … shaping the assembly of fungal endophytes across land plants and lichens, mentioned her interest in guiding JGI …

… nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and … and evolution of  Dothideomycetes could provide more insights into how these fungi have adapted to stress and … clusters showed a >95 % accuracy in correctly predicting plant pathogens (blue) vs saprobes (green). (From Haridas S …