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… Many fungi have beneficial symbiotic relationships with plants and bacteria; in many instances, fungal physiology is … Richard Dick of The Ohio State University aims to study plant drought resilience in the Sahel, an arid region of … conditions. The proposal targets the CSP focus area in plant microbiomes, as well as those in inter-organismal …

… devoted to algae (photosynthetic eukaryotes not including plants), so populated by algal genomes thus defined. We also have some reference plant genomes to help with comparative studies of algae and … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… in studies of complex biological and environmental systems. We optimize our service to the community through …

… June 24-28: Module 2/Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop The workshop is …

… also working on RNA virus mining. After a couple of virtual meetings of the three teams it was clear that a larger … metatranscriptome datasets from the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) system. “We then … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir …

… DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI). Researchers from the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase), the National …

… What grass is a prized ornamental and a bioenergy plant? Meet Miscanthus , an attractive addition to your … biology and the economic terrain to help make the plant a viable alternative to fossil fuels. …

… The first step in the deadly dance between a virus and microbial cell is an embrace. For a virus with a “head-tail” … on its tail fibers to latch onto a specific target on the microbial cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team … diversity quickly, allowing these viruses to target new microbial prey. The Impact This research provides a much …

… evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, … them down.  Lignin is a structural component for the plant, like the brick-and-mortar of a building or the human …

… and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … for filamentous fungi, all of which contain a wide array of plant cell-wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs) that allow them … the wide array of simple and complex components present in plant biomass. This is of interest for bioenergy researchers …

… research to develop  applications ranging from engineering microbial enzymes that unlock novel biochemical pathways, to …