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… to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, … how the interactions between viruses and their host microbes impact the regulation of global nutrient cycles. …

… ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep … to infect and destroy the host archaea – and how the  microbes resist. The battle waged below the Earth’s surface … organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. Tolkien’s …

… the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and … ecosystems by killing other cells. Over time, MGEs can help microbes gain a competitive edge within an ecosystem. They …

… store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the …

… between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are … of tens of thousands of previously unknown and uncultivated microbes through metagenomics. Such techniques take … temperatures can reach as high as 80°C (~190°F), yet microbes thrive here. The communities in this extreme …

… analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil ecosystems function. He was …

… of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of … and in your data, and they’re probably influencing the microbes there,” said Simon Roux , the Viral Genomics Group … do anything with a microbiome — you know, target specific microbes or change the behavior of this bacteria — most …

… it. The isotopes are incorporated into the DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their … which microorganisms used the labeled substance and which microbes did not. This is normally an arduous wet lab … them. In this case, scientists identified a wide variety of microbes, including both bacteria and archaea, actively …

… microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're …

Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI …

Computational Sieves to Filter Sequences There are more microbes on the planet than particles in a handful of dirt, and viruses vastly outnumber the microbes. Advances in sequencing technologies and … that infect not just crops, animals and humans, but also microbes whose presence or absence can impact the planet’s …