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B. braunii algal genome project on Physorg.com

But, a shortcoming of B. braunii is its relatively slow growth rate. While the algae that produce ‘vegetable-type’ oils may double their growth every six to 12 hours, B. braunii‘s doubling rate is about four days, he said. “Thus, getting large amounts of oil from B. braunii is more time consuming and thus more costly,”… [Read More]

B. braunii algal genome project on Checkbiotech.org

“Without understanding how the cellular machinery of a given algae works on the molecular level, it won’t be possible to improve characteristics such as oil production, faster growth rates or increased photosynthesis,” Devarenne said. Like most green algae, B. braunii is capable of producing great amounts of hydrocarbon oils in a very small land area…. [Read More]

B. braunii algae project on redOrbit

It’s not just a gee-whiz science trivia, Devarenne said. B. braunii is a prime candidate for biofuel production because some races of the green algae typically “accumulate hydrocarbons from to 30 percent to 40 percent of their dry weight, and are capable of obtaining hydrocarbon contents up to 86 percent of their dry weight. “As… [Read More]

Botrycoccus genome project on ScienceDaily

“Our results support the original Berkeley DNA sequence used for phylogenetic placement was from a contaminating algae,” Devarenne said. “And our study places the B race of B. braunii in the correct location on the ‘algal family tree’.” The actual genome sequencing and mapping will be performed by DOE’s Joint Genome Institute. Read more on… [Read More]

Brachypodium genome project on CORDIS

Some grass species play a pivotal role in meeting our food supply needs. We have also seen a surge in the domestication of new grass crops for feedstock production and sustainable energy. Experts say, however, that failure to understand how genes work and a lack of knowledge about their large and complex genomes lead to… [Read More]

Brachypodium project on Huffington Post

In a study published Feb. 11 in the journal Nature, researchers from the department’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, which is managed in part by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, sequenced a form of wild grass in order to derive a genome specifically adapted for biomass and biofuel production. Read more at The Huffington Post.  [Read More]

Brachy genome project on ScienceCentric

Brachypodium is actually a wild annual grass plant, native to the Mediterranean and Middle East, with little agricultural importance and is of no major economic value itself. But it allows researchers to obtain genetic information for grasses much more easily than some of its related, but larger and more complex counterparts with much larger genomes… [Read More]

Brachy genome project on OfficialWire

A British- and U.S.-led international consortium says it has sequenced the first member of the wheat and barley group of grasses. The scientists, led by Britain’s John Innes Center, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University, said the genome sequencing was of the wild grass… [Read More]

Brachy project on USDA-ARS news site

A major stumbling block in using switchgrass or any perennial grass as a biofuel crop is the difficulty in breaking down its cell walls, an essential step in producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass. Brachypodium may hold the key to finding ways to produce plant cell walls that are easy to break down, Vogel said. Vogel… [Read More]

Brachy genome project on Federal Times

Federal researchers have been hard at work trying to develop alternate sources of clean renewable energy, and yesterday they announced a major breakthrough in their efforts. Scientists from the Agriculture Department and the Energy Department’s Joint Genome Institute for the first time have sequenced the genes of a wild grass species. The research, which is… [Read More]