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… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported …

… variety of experimental samples, including organisms (e.g. microbes, fungi, plant), media in which they grow, as well as different types …

… (Toby) Kellogg and other researchers at the Danforth Plant Science Center (Danforth Center) drove up and down the … pulling over to the side of the road to collect small weedy plants and bring them back to the lab. The weedy grass was … efficient at photosynthesis, a concern as extreme weather events become more frequent. “A big part of the Danforth …

… with the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for our Plant Program, and is further leveraging the services of the … Genomics Institute for DNA and RNA extractions to support plant and other efforts. The JGI works closely with DOE …

… ra-MOR-um) the genus in Latin translates to “plant destroyer” and it has served as just that on a … through their close association with the California bay laurel. Because the oaks are considered “dead-end” … could be altered by removing the infectious hosts — the bay laurels. Garbelotto insisted that the intent is not to …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups …

To provide broad plant genomic capabilities, the DOE Joint Genome Institute … who previously led work on  Arabidopsis and  Panicum hallii , contributed panicle time course data from two ecotypes … new species allowing it to fill gaps in the under-sampled area of the plant phylogeny and improving genome …

… of how marine microbial communities are affected by warming events. More time-series studies could help researchers … predictive models on how climate change may impact marine microbes and by extension, the ocean’s capacity to act as a … go from coastal to open ocean waters. Between 2010 and 2016, Hallam and his colleagues collected more than 270 …

… the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent  Nature Genetics paper , … the full composition of genes, or pangenome, of the model plant  Marchantia polymorpha. Commonly known as liverwort, … into gene families involved in adaptations seen in later plant lineages. The team found that some of the adaptation …