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… still work in cell-free environments? (Spoiler: Yes.) Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have … Program at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … rewire a cell in vivo that you’re going to get that same type of effect in vitro . This really demonstrates something …

… By characterizing the structure and function of a methylthio-alkane reductase system, researchers could … they worked with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User … isolate it. The JGI provided a range of constructs based on sequences for MAR enzymes from different organisms to …

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … oxygen has historically been presumed essential to any type of lignin breakdown — and lignin breakdown by anaerobic … with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at …

… to health, researchers have taken a look at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting … — that many microbes in burned soils had in common.  To complete this analysis, a multi-institutional team of … builds on the pyrophilous fungi the JGI has previously sequenced , and provides a powerful snapshot of what soils …

… causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce … yields by as much as 90 percent. As part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute’s  2016 Community Science Program portfolio … JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome sequence in 2010.       …

… is not exclusively for Euryarchaeota. Atmospheric levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, regulate Earth’s … of these methanogenic microorganisms was narrowed to a type of archaea called  Euryarchaeota . These ancient, … enabled by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User …

… climate has earned it a place on the JGI’s Flagship Plant Genome roster. Sorghum has an important feature in common … but other important crops as well. In 2009, the JGI sequenced and analyzed the first reference genome for Sorghum bicolor . Since then, 2,993 publications, 107 patent applications, and 53 patents have …

… The Science Within the archaeal domain, there is a group of tiny hitchhikers. These organisms are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of … microorganisms had a close relationship. Then, using metagenomes and metatranscriptomes generated by the U.S. …