Small but Sophisticated
Symbiosis a Driver of Truffle Diversity
Probing Interactions Among Molecular Mechanisms, Cellular Processes, and Elemental Cycles
Spotlighting Differences in Closely-Related Species
Mining Metagenomes for Cas Proteins
Mapping Heat Resistance in Yeasts
Expanding Fungal Diversity, One Cell at a Time
Adaptive Strategies of Bradyrhizobium
Soil microbial communities are among the richest sources of biodiversity on Earth. However, very little is known about the roles of individual microbial populations living in soil and how they affect important processes such as soil fertility and carbon cycling. This proposal investigates free-living Bradyrhizobium, an abundant and widespread soil bacterium, and will provide mechanistic… [Read More]
Virus and Microbial Effects on Ocean Nutrient Cycling
Collected at the Southern Ocean Time Series, transcriptomes and manipulative experiments will establish virus and microbial processes that constrain the carbon cycle and system biogeochemistry (major DOE mission areas). Interactions on sinking particles, the specificity of virus-host relationships and trace metal effects will be examined. The cumulative data set will allow for the development of… [Read More]