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… symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata … effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the tree’s physical … of Florida collected forest samples of poplar and soil from Washington and Oregon. The cuttings included genotypes …

We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also … gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial …

… fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh … Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to …

… discoveries and catalyzing a major transition of biology into data science.  Research in the Kyrpides group focuses on … Science 2018, Molecular Cell 2019) and massive reconstruction of genomes from uncultivated microbes (Nature 2019). Other projects in …

The Sequence to Function: Applications and Analysis for the Future … (SFA²F) meeting brings together established and emerging scientists from academia, industry, and government organizations for …

Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved … targets for crop engineering untouched. Research recently published in  The Proceedings of the National Academy of … found that these enzymes have evolved distinctly from both core and specialized enzymes. Even during …

A “bait and hook” single-cell genomic approach to bioprospecting. The Science One of the most vital pieces … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at … When they tested the screen method on a microbial community from geothermal hot springs, they uncovered a novel …

… 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 … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …