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Calculating the Costs of Multiple Switchgrass Gene Copies
… range. But at what cost?  A collaborative team led by researchers at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology … production. Building on the framework provided by our new switchgrass manuscript , we plan to use existing data as …
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JGI@25: Strengthening Soybean
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … the soybean genome sequence immediately spurred further research and additional discoveries. Stacey noted that even … to the sequence’s availability via Phytozome. In 2015,  a new and revised version brought the soybean sequence up to …
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Identification of Cellulose-Responsive Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Geographically and Edaphically Different Soils by Using Stable Isotope Probing
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Adaptation to herbivory by the Tammar wallaby includes bacterial and glycoside hydrolase profiles different from other herbivores
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The Structure of CcmP, a Tandem Bacterial Microcompartment Domain Protein from the β-Carboxysome, Forms a Subcompartment Within a Microcompartment
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Elucidating Essential Role of Conserved Carboxysomal Protein CcmN Reveals Common Feature of Bacterial Microcompartment Assembly*
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Genomic Features Predict Bacterial Life History Strategies in Soil, as Identified by Metagenomic Stable Isotope Probing
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Climate change-related warming reduces thermal sensitivity and modifies metabolic activity of coastal benthic bacterial communities
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Large‐scale cultivation of the bumblebee gut microbiota reveals an underestimated bacterial species diversity capable of pathogen inhibition
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JGI@25: Cow Rumen and the Early Days of Metagenomics
In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … microbes are no exception. Back in 2011, JGI-supported researchers published a paper in the journal Science. It … scientists.”  Using samples of rumen-digested switchgrass, researchers isolated and sequenced DNA from rumen microbes …
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From Competition to Cooperation
Tracking evolution of symbiotic lifestyles across multiple fungal … The Science By comparing 135 fungal sequenced genomes, researchers were able to carry out a broader analysis than … mycorrhizal species. The 62 mycorrhizal species include 29 newly-sequenced mycorrhizal genomes. With so many fungal  …
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How Maize Makes An Antibiotic Cocktail
Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … entailing the function of more than a dozen enzymes. But researchers have now revealed that just a handful of enzymes …
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