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… the deep subsurface ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in … without oxygen deep below ground. These archaea fix carbon and nitrogen, but the viruses that infect Altiarchaea … cause the cells to burst. This action triggers subsurface carbon cycling, releasing fresh organic carbon which can …

… Does this project primarily explore the dynamics (or roles) of single species of bacteria/algae/fungi, or is …

… Systems group. Tringe’s research group focuses on the roles of microbial communities in wetland carbon cycling and the interactions of plants with their … be studying the influence of viruses on carbon cycling in coastal mangroves. The work complements an existing JGI …

… Group to better understand what this sulfur-oxidizing, carbon fixing bacterium was doing in the mangroves. … they occupy on a global scale, it’s less than 1% of the coastal area worldwide. But when you then look at carbon … new research questions. Among them, is the bacterium’s role in the mangrove ecosystem. “We know that it’s growing …