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… to an exceptional caliber of scientists.” For her project, “Microbial Community Structure and Methane Production in … Susannah Tringe, JGI’s User Programs deputy and head of the Microbial Systems group. Tringe’s research group focuses on the roles of microbial communities in wetland carbon cycling and the interactions …

… a bit like diversifying an investment portfolio. If a stress like wildfire or drought threatens some fungal … At that time, the field had surveyed many different soil communities for taxonomic diversity. These studies could … which species were doing what.  To understand how fungal communities shared their tasks, Martin and his team opted to …

… The work builds upon a pilot project to sequence antimicrobial-producing strains. Established by Handelsman, Tiny Earth aims to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, …