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… the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and … ecosystems by killing other cells. Over time, MGEs can help microbes gain a competitive edge within an ecosystem. They …

… To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen’s group at Berkeley Lab created a …

… Madison. And Trina McMahon's lab has been sampling the microbes of that lake for over 20 years, to understand how …

… are working on a tool to encourage community support with characterizing  fungal conserved genes families of unknown …

… between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are … of tens of thousands of previously unknown and uncultivated microbes through metagenomics. Such techniques take … temperatures can reach as high as 80°C (~190°F), yet microbes thrive here. The communities in this extreme …

… store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, and soil microbes play a key role in pulling that carbon out of the …

… users can leverage to create a more complete picture of how microbes control useful chemistry in other organisms.  … the power of combining multiple omics methods to decode how microbes control chemical production. These efforts support …  Researchers studying Streptomyces species or related microbes can work with the JGI to apply the same integrated …

… Yosemite National Park, taken by JGI’s own Jon Bertsch. Microbes isolated from Mono Lake were sequenced by the JGI …

… microbial communities. These experiments can show which microbes are handling specific nutrients, or what they're …

… and carbon storage — skills that matter increasingly as the climate warms. However, these are complicated interactions …

… dominated Copper River Delta. They’re looking at how the microbes in these high latitude wetlands, such as the Copper … colleagues are studying how chronic warming is altering how microbes interact with their environment, potentially …