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… There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds that plants secrete through their roots, … rhizosphere. In this episode, biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated microbes from complex environmental samples. The Science A team led by researchers at … efficiently retrieve and characterize their genomes. The Impact Despite great strides in generating genome sequences …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive … discovered genes that are critical for this process. The Impact In the absence of the Burkholderia endobacteria, the … the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of …

… to replicate themselves and spread from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found … National Microbiome Data Collaborative’s EDGE platform. The Impact In order to gain more insights into Earth’s … The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it … information has allowed the research team to associate climate adaptations with switchgrass biology. Switchgrass …