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Genomes from uncultivated bacteria offers clues to ancestral bacteria’s energy sources. More … of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides …

Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the … link in the evolution and transition of fungi from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. The work is part of the JGI’s 1000 … of binning methods, we were able to recover Olpidium sequences from the “contaminated” genome data with strong …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … that allows plants to better survive in those environments,”  Karen Serrano said. She is first author of this …

A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling … that allows plants to better survive in those environments,”  Karen Serrano said. She is first author of this …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science … helps plants that have it lose less water in a hot, dry environment. Figuring out how plants evolved to deal with hot …

New 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: … skeleton. It’s more complex, and poisons enzymes and the  microbes that make them. It’s known that aerobic fungi, like …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of … Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists sequenced the genomes of four  Zygnematophyceae algae, which …

… and determination as they came onsite. From data carpentry to science communications, their schedules were filled with … Emerald Nash and mentor Jonelle Basso, Experimental Study of Root Colonization by Resident Phages of a Plant Growth … mentor Bryce Foster, Benchmarking Bioinformatics Tools for Sequence Similarity Searching Morgan Lavenstein Bendall and …

… sampled the microbial communities living in the mountaintop lakes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. These lakes are isolated, but varied. They’re a great way to see how climate change affects freshwater ecosystems, and …

Gene expression in eukaryotes was long held to be monocistronic – that is, a single gene makes messenger … a single protein. Recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of researchers … of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a DOE …

In   April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and DNA Day on April 25.  On March 17, 2020, a shelter-in-place order for all residents took effect in six San Francisco Bay Area counties. The JGI, … Officer Kjiersten Fagnan reflects on the personal and environmental impacts of the shelter-in-place order.     … …

… abide by the concept, “the more the merrier,” with respect to their genomes. In their base state, they are diploids … plants; at least once during their evolution, the genomes of flowering plants multiply. Over time, plants lose many … of DOE missions related to clean energy generation and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides …