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Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s … to build up Sphagnum as a plant model system focused on carbon cycling studies, rather than for food or fuel …

Dr. Roux joined the JGI in 2017 to lead viral genomics research as part of the … Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long …

… stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of … floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the Earth’s carbon as well as material that can be converted to energy, …

… with the prospect of meta-analyses boosted by AI and Machine Learning — JGI researchers and collaborators work to … a modified version of a specific chemical, where ordinary Carbon-12 atoms are swapped for the heavier, non-radioactive … For example, SIP experiments can show how soil microbes cycle nitrogen and carbon, or how freshwater ecosystems …

… land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  … Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene groups involved in stress tolerance and multicellularity enabled …

The DOE Joint Genome Institute hosted the hybrid “NeLLi 2023 Symposium” delving into the most recent expansions of the Tree of Life and … Sea Research (NIOZ) Nicole Poulton , Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences Roland Hatzenpichler , Montana State …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the atmosphere. This episode, researchers take …

…   To understand virus-host dynamics, computation helps fill in what cultivation can’t. The Science At first, viruses are … organisms carry out important environmental processes like  carbon fixation , nitrogen cycling and methane production. … the roles viruses and their host microbes play in nutrient cycles. … This work was supported by the U.S. Department of …

… forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of Earth’s ecosystems. A software tool  … This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new chemicals. They can also … They influence the composition of the biogeochemical cycles around them. By understanding more about the genomics …

… development of multicellular organisms. Not all bacterial lineages harnessed aerobic respiration when the Cyanobacteria did; contemporaries Melainabacteria and Sericytochromatia, members of the same clade … working with researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Microbial Genome Program head Tanja Woyke of …

… between fungal guilds, genes and function. If a tree falls in the forest — whether or not anyone registers the sound — … soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s ecology. They store carbon and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.  This way, …