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… of reference genomes for fungal metagenomics. Two more CSP proposals came in 2016 that would complement these initial efforts: Spatafora and Jason Stajich from UC Riverside would focus on broad sampling of early diverging … The Open Green Genomes Initiative is the product of a 2018 Community Science Program proposal from James …

… Institute and the collaborative projects funded through the CSP program. In addition to continuing to develop strategies … improvement. Nature Genetics 52: 525-533. Lovell, JT et al. 2018. The genomic landscape of molecular responses to … World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014-2018 (Plant & Animal Science) Clarivate Analytics Highly …

… of course, the cells of other organisms. As they infect microbes like bacteria, algae and protists, all kinds of viruses impact many ecological processes, including carbon cycles. “Whether or not you planned it, viruses are most …

… portal, researchers have identified a virus protein tied to carbon cycling.  The Science Through a collaborative effort, … and plays an important role in how carbon is processed and cycled in soils. Ultimately, changes in  soil carbon content … only to cellulose.  Chitin is also a common food source for microbes living within soil. So, the chitosanase protein …

… DOE National Laboratories, the Community Science Program (CSP), and external collaborations. The Director ensures the …

… As warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. … contribute to an estimated 50 percent of the world’s fixed carbon, altering the balance of eukaryotic and prokaryotic communities could alter the global carbon cycle, the rates at which carbon globally is fixed and …

… up at a job site for a task that requires a flathead screwdriver with a full toolbox including Phillips and specialty screwdrivers, not to mention Allen wrenches. The fungi are … More importantly, when faced with a veritable buffet of carbon sources, these fungi detect which complex chains are …

… so, they influence ecosystem-level nutrient cycling and carbon storage. For example, the marine algae  Emiliania … microeukaryote, forms large algal blooms in the ocean that cycle environmental carbon and sulfur. A giant virus, the  E.   huxleyi virus, …

… the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and … This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also … ecosystems by killing other cells. Over time, MGEs can help microbes gain a competitive edge within an ecosystem. They …