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… of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able to pry apart plant polymers … use to bust biomass apart. She and her team find these fungi, and their enzymes, primarily in animal poop.  “As an … diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and her team are amassing all kinds of …

… energy and ecosystem management. The program aims to generate high-quality genomic datasets, particularly for … single cell approaches. This includes linking strain-level genetic variation to ecological niche adaptations.  Single … and epigenomics. Expansion of sequence space:  The JGI generates reference genomes from diverse bacterial and …

… where he developed novel tools for large-scale in situ gene expression analysis in multicellular organisms. During his … sequence-based methods for elucidating the gene regulatory landscape of vertebrate genomes, which led to the … about our seven science program — their areas of focus, major initiatives and more.  …

… massive comparative genomics to decode millions of mystery genes and lay a future-ready foundation     Over the past billion years, fungi have spread quietly throughout our planet. From the … and ecological niches from genomic features alone. In one major project analyzing over 1,000 yeast genomes, machine …

… Streptomyces are nature's chemical factories. They hold genetic blueprints for dozens of complex compounds, but stay … how the bacterium redirects its energy, building blocks and regulatory machinery toward chemical production — a … these insights are potentially broadly applicable. The findings hold the potential to accelerate development of …

… Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific …