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… cycle. All methanogenic archaea use one of three pathways for methanogenesis: hydrogen-dependent and CO2-reducing, or … acetoclastic. All three pathways require the gene cluster for methane production known as Mcr. Until recently, the Mcr … “superphylum” where this type of methanogenesis is typically observed, but to the “TACK” superphylum,” said study …

… challenges they overcame, and what new skill sets they look forward to taking back to school.  The interns from this … made me explore every single possibility. And also specifically, it sparked my interest in bioformatics, so that’s … project, but JGI truly invested in me to help me become a better scientist. I think this internship will make me much …

… 2019 in Nature Communications , two research teams joined forces and data sets to describe bacterial genomes for related (“sibling”) lineages Margulisbacteria and Saganbacteria that diverged from the bacterial tree before Cyanobacteria and its contemporaries. Margulisbacteria …

… which could then be converted into sustainable biofuels . For its importance to the DOE mission, switchgrass is among … Phytozome. The combination of field data and genetic information has allowed the research team to associate climate … to be a generalist is a valuable resource towards the effort to generate climate resilient switchgrass. Aside from …

… the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans could do the same on an … of small DNA fragments into larger and coherent pieces called contigs — into genes and even into genomes — from … environment and transfer that ability into industry, specifically to generate biofuels,” Hess said.  (Only 90 of those …

Walnut Creek, after countless generations of sequencing platforms (up to 120 sequencing machines at maximum) maintained by a workforce that numbered more than 100 at its peak, all the … been  moved to Berkeley , two of the JGI’s sequencing platforms were turned back on. A third sequencing platform was …

… energy and environmental challenges.   Scanning the California oak woodlands from the air, large swaths of the … unseen — is, in fact, a microscopic water mold, genetically related to such aquatic species as diatoms and kelp. … … Publication: Tyler BM et al. Phytophthora genome sequences uncover evolutionary origins and mechanisms of …

… -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems … water and carbon dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest for use as biofuels and other bioproducts. As any good cook knows, recipes can be refined for best results, often by starting with identifying the …

… poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the … these fungi don’t have the energy to make complex compounds called natural products . Yet, combing through the genomes …