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… Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered … new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  …

… and offered a way for researchers to study the planet’s microbial diversity, much of which remains unknown and … the JGI and Bigelow Lab led to the identification of key microbial culprits in carbon fixation in the dark ocean. … single cell genomics and synthetic biology, a team studying microbial populations in oxygen minimum zones identified …

… validate how mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in soil carbon storage. Summary There are three types of fungal … break down the lignin but use cellulose. Finally, there are soil saprotrophs, which degrade plant detritus. Despite the different modes of nutrition, many of these soil fungi have independently evolved ectomycorrhizal (form …

… As SIP experiments shed more light on microbial communities than ever before — especially with the … opened vast windows into specific activities catalyzed by microbial communities. By pairing RNA or DNA sequencing with … an environment. For example, SIP experiments can show how soil microbes cycle nitrogen and carbon, or how freshwater …