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… “Microbes underpin so much of what we see on earth in terms of nutrient cycles and biogeochemical cycles…. Viruses play a pretty important role in the cycling …

… single-stranded DNA genomes and a unique chronic infection cycle. “We’re not sure why we systematically manage to miss …

… revealed a striking capability of morel mycelium to acquire carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into the soil, reducing the amount of CO2 emissions … system which allows the black morel to complete its lifecycle in an artificial environment. It is particularly …

… Computational Sieves to Filter Sequences There are more microbes on the planet than particles in a handful of dirt, and viruses vastly outnumber the microbes. Advances in sequencing technologies and … whose presence or absence can impact the planet’s nutrient cycles. While most organism’s genetic information is encoded …

… are open, it’s the same pore in the leaf through which carbon dioxide enters the leaf for photosynthesis.  ALISON:  … light and air — in particular, the part of the air that’s carbon dioxide. KAROLINA: When plants get really hot or dry, … one that does what’s called C3 metabolism, named for a 3-carbon compound that plays an essential role. But other …

… the genomes and predict the metabolic abilities of these microbes. The Impact This study illustrates how the research … National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant 2018-67015-27495, the United States Department of …

… career progressed, Hungate has gotten more interested in microbes with the potential to impact global climate change, … climate change, we need to understand the ecology of those microbes.” And to understand those microbes, he is most … understanding of organisms, and new views of how nutrients cycle through ecosystems. Of course, some of those …

… Paez-Espino  discussed an early version of the paper at the 2018 Viral EcoGenomics & Applications (VEGA) Symposium. The …