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… toward the evolution of cellular complexity and microbial symbiosis.  This is a continuation of the previous NeLLi … Immediately following the NeLLi Symposium, join us for a 1.5–day jamboree on November 6–7 focused on improving … together to develop recommendations for cultivating new bacteria and archaea revealed by a recent genome census . A …

… 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, … to spread across most of the plant’s ecosystems. The Impact For decades, the liverwort  M. polymorpha has been used as a …

… Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected hurdle: ginormous sex …

… In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and more. And …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive … endobacteria, the Rhizopus fungus cannot act as a plant pathogen, it cannot reproduce asexually, and … presence of the bacteria. By studying the Rm-Burkholderia symbiosis model, the team was able to reconstruct the …

… with the JGI dates back to 1997, when he was working for the Stanford Human Genome Center, now the HudsonAlpha … For the past 13 years, Mr. Schmutz has directed the JGI Plant Program, focusing on the organization of community driven science for JGI Plant Flagship Genomes and DOE relevant cellulosic …

… be a specific host the virus has adapted to commandeer. For bacteriophage viruses, these hosts are microbes like bacteria, not humans. With metagenomic sequencing, … microbial communities. One day, these phages could boost plant-microbe interactions, nutrient cycling, or carbon …