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… more of these viruses than ever before, in all kinds of ecosystems. However, matching these viral genetic sequences … these microbes. A better understanding of virus-host interactions opens the possibility of using phages to … One day, these phages could boost plant-microbe interactions, nutrient cycling, or carbon sequestration. …

… individual contributions, is key to understanding their ecosystem functions in processes ranging from nutrient … members and their genome-encoded metabolic capabilities and interactions. Supported by JGI’s ETOP, this new tool will …

… Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers …

… lake for over 20 years, to understand how the freshwater ecosystem works.  So a few years ago, when they set out to …

… researchers on projects related to understanding how the interactions between viruses and their host microbes impact … for analyzing and understanding viral genomes and their interactions with microbial hosts. The second project, “ A …

… has been enabled through the JGI Community Science Program (CSP) . Cavicchioli and his team compared two strains of … to viral infections and are important for virus-host interactions. Analysis of strain variation showed that …

… are more active in fixing and metabolizing nitrogen, a key ecosystem nutrient. The Impact This study is the first to dig into a forest floor ecosystem to discover what carbon- and nitrogen-metabolizing … involvement in carbon and nitrogen cycling and forest floor ecosystem processes. Pinpointing the processes happening on …

… advanced mass spectrometry approaches and model laboratory ecosystems (EcoFABs). … microbiome science through standardized fabricated ecosystems. Nature Methods (16), 567–571 (2019) doi: …

… cold environments occupy more space on Earth than any other ecosystem. Therefore, understanding the microbial activity … Microbiome shows that the way nutrients flow through the ecosystem of Ace Lake is different than nearby Antarctic … regarding the contributions of algae and viruses to the ecosystem were noted, but require further exploration. …

… with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made ecosystem: Biosphere 2.      …