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… soil. These fungi help shape a forest’s ecology. They store carbon and cycle key nutrients like nitrogen and … — skills that matter increasingly as the climate warms. However, these are complicated interactions to untangle. … said, the 1000 Fungal Genomes project, together with other CSP projects, had sequenced over 2,000 fungal genomes. The …

State University and the University of Michigan studying how virus infections cause significant metabolic changes in … their hosts. For example, microbes that capture and store carbon in the ocean could fix less carbon when infected. … microbial cells that are transformed into virocells, and how the outcomes of these infections can affect the …

… it lose less water in a hot, dry environment. Figuring out how plants evolved to deal with hot and dry conditions could … and I kicked off our conversation with a quick recap of how plants, in general, work. KAROLINA:  We all know plants … are open, it’s the same pore in the leaf through which carbon dioxide enters the leaf for photosynthesis.  ALISON:  …

… global researchers on projects related to understanding how the interactions between viruses and their host microbes … latest strategic plan (download a copy  here ) describes how understanding these nutrient cycles can help researchers … metagenome-assembled viral genomes ( Nature Biotechnology , 2021), geNomad , a tool for identifying mobile genetic …

… but use-restricted] exist on [the JGI data portal] IMG or how to deal with situations in which they inadvertently … and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. In late 2021, the JGI launched a solicitation for nominations for … stages. The election period concluded on December 23, 2021. …

… transferring part of its photosynthetically fixed carbon to the mycobiont. However, despite a century-and-a-half of lichen research, … grayi, and the microalga,  Asterochloris glomerata . To see how gene expression changes when living together versus …

… , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key gene … existed in close algal relatives  to terrestrial plants showcases how early plants built upon an ancient genetic … the Joint Genome Institute Community Science Program (CSP), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) …