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… have known that many datasets miss a key part of microbial genomes: the mobile genetic elements, or MGEs, …

… crop that very efficiently converts solar energy into plant biomass, which can then be crushed to extract the … be further purified to produce alternative biofuels. A C4 plant like sorghum and maize, sugarcane can grow on nutrient-poorer soils and does not need to be planted annually. The modern sugarcane cultivars are …

… than 500 species of fungi. The Impact Interactions between plants and fungi run the gamut from mutually beneficial to … that can move to another location in the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf … rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens evade a plant’s defenses. Understanding the role of transposons and …

… work included investigating sphagnum moss and the role the plant’s sex plays in its resiliency, as well as a Nature Plants study identifying colonization patterns in eelgrass . … fungi’s ability to break down lignin , the hardiest of plant components and a key barrier when breaking down …

… In a special issue of mSystems , out May 14, 2019, JGI researchers are among the … sequence reads to link mobile elements such as plasmids to microbial host cells. In a separate article, research … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… experiment outlines a roadmap that is transferable to other systems, expanding the technologies available for other JGI …

… and their evolution could provide strategies for converting plant waste into sugars for  biofuel production. … across species. Specifically, many species had very similar plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs), including …

… cycle. The Science Chloroplasts are the factories in plant cells. Using photosynthesis, they take raw materials …

… when these records will be made available again within NCBI systems. In addition, the JGI issued a Request for … sequencing and computational analysis that enable systems-based scientific approaches to these challenges.  …

… of desert grasslands to the metabolic savviness of microbial ecosystems at the forest floor and along ocean shores. Their …

… miscanthus often appear in discussions of rapidly growing plants whose biomass can be renewably converted into energy … Berkeley and the HudsonAlpha Center for Biotechnology. Most plants are diploids with two copies of each chromosome, one inherited from each parent. Some plants, known as polyploids, have more than two copies of …