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Enhanced nutrient uptake is sufficient to drive emergent cross-feeding between bacteria in a synthetic community
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Pyrophosphate-free glycolysis in Clostridium thermocellum increases both thermodynamic driving force and ethanol titers
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Reactive iron, not fungal community, drives organic carbon oxidation potential in floodplain soils
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Nitrogen and phosphorous acquisition strategies drive coexistence patterns among archaeal lineages in soil
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Consortia of low-abundance bacteria drive sulfate reduction-dependent degradation of fermentation products in peat soil microcosms
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Driving through stop signs: predicting stop codon reassignment improves functional annotation of bacteriophages
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Understanding Wildfire Recovery, Starting in Soil
… and nitrogen, paving the way for future plants and trees to grow. However, fire changes the microbes within the soil. … at microbial genomes across a spectrum of burned soils. By connecting microbial genes with functions useful for … year after the fire. They sampled soil across a variety of conditions: unburned, low, moderate and high-burn severity …
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JGI@25: Expanding Metagenomics to Capture Viral Diversity
… that showcase our collaborations and capabilities to enable great science that will help solve energy and … brought back to a lab, because they often need unique conditions and a specific microbial host to replicate. … That study multiplied the number of known viral genes by a factor of 16. The same year, the JGI expanded its …
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Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly
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Intra‐species genetic variability drives carbon metabolism and symbiotic host interactions in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus microcarpus
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Water aging and the quality of organic carbon sources drive niche partitioning of the active bathypelagic prokaryotic microbiome
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JGI Earth Month: The Unusual Metabolism That Helps Plants Withstand Drought
… and DNA Day on April 25. As both Earth and DNA are close to our JGI hearts, we’re highlighting genomic science research that feels especially relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio   … Figuring out how plants evolved to deal with hot and dry conditions could help us to one day develop plants that are …
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