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… the program investigates the biological mechanisms that enable fungi and algae to play a vital role in carbon … The program’s focus is on large-scale sequencing efforts that survey the vast phylogenetic and ecological diversity … allows for the identification of key functional traits that have direct applications in bioenergy production, …

… development of novel computational tools to identify virus sequences, the design of new experimental approaches to link viruses to their host(s), collaboration with JGI users for … to maximize host prediction for metagenome-derived viruses of archaea and bacteria. PLoS Biology 21, e3002083 …

… Miscanthus  sequence offers insights into benefits of polyploidy and perenniality. The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass … tetraploid, with four sets of chromosomes; the study showed that these sets descend from two now-extinct progenitors. …

… and their complex genomes are more difficult to sequence and assemble, in turn limiting the use of modern, … sets of chromosomes to produce a monoploid reference sequence. For the highly polyploid sugarcane, an … monoploid reference sequence using a targeted approach that focused on the gene rich part of the genome by …

… bacteria’s energy sources. More than two billion years ago, cyanobacteria acquired the ability to produce their own food … (“sibling”) lineages Margulisbacteria and Saganbacteria that diverged from the bacterial tree before Cyanobacteria … and Schulz sharing co-first authorship. Their data suggests that the shared common ancestor of all five bacterial …