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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and … -Mike Wilkins, Colorado State University GI users and microbiome researchers Mike Wilkins and his graduate student … trip. One of the questions they’re looking at: the role viral infection may play in other natural ecosystems. The …

… to sift and characterize RNA virus sequences.  A zoo once offered a coloring book featuring polar bears in winter … the world, resulting in a five-fold increase of RNA virus diversity. “The world of viruses around us is vast, and we … community spirit that the JGI advocates for and actively promotes. The team used all the publicly available …

… his backyard in Tennessee — the birds are chirping and a soft breeze ripples through the trees in his backyard. … research related to how bacteria that colonize the roots of sphagnum work to transfer their thermotolerance abilities. … fine tune his approach. “I got a lot of that from Zhong.”   Publication: Carrell AA et al. Habitat-adapted microbial …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the … 10.1038/s41592-019-0465-0. Couradeau E et al. Probing the active fraction of soil microbiomes using BONCAT-FACS. Nat … … Metabolomics Science Program … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan …