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Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant … in a temperate forest filled with Norway spruce trees, and microbial activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria … they belong. This study provides further insights into the microbial involvement in carbon and nitrogen cycling and …

… sequence of the complex switchgrass genome , using samples from common gardens growing across the country. The national … paper describing the genomes of the five major cotton lineages. Grimwood was also part of the JGI team that …

Earth’s surface is reconstructed by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical … foreign genetic elements by incorporating short sequences from infecting viruses and phages. In these sequences are … that indicate repelled attempts to infect and lyse the microbial cells. This demonstration of the virus-host arms …

… with excitement and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science communications, their … Andrew Lin and mentor Vy Duong, Understanding Key Genes in Photosynthesis Ravikiran Madichetty and mentors TBK Reddy and … with Dr. Tomas Tyml and Dr. Frederik Schulz with the New Lineages of Life Group at JGI. And we’ve been working on …

… have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver water and … as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging … this symbiosis could improve the way soils store carbon from the atmosphere. For plants, boosting this relationship …