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Dr. Cole’s research focus has been on understanding how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing on genetic …

… evolved these really tough cell wall materials that keep microbes — and the enzymes that would be produced by … they all process loads of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able … . In an herbivore’s poop sample, there’s a whole heap of microbes, each potentially contributing to powerful biomass …

… to link genomes with environments to understand how webs of microbes cycle carbon and sustain biomes via the development …

There’s a party in the soil, and microbes are the VIPs. They’re feasting on the compounds …

… on the rhizosphere and interactions between the trees, microbes and soil chemistry offers insights into how these … metagenomics, scientists were able to analyze the DNA of microbes living around the tree roots in the rhizosphere. … different environments, handle stressors, and the role of microbes in mediating these processes. By harnessing the …

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 …

… to develop tools and data hub for NIH program. While the microbes in, on and around Earth outnumber the stars in the Milky Way, viruses outnumber the microbes by at least another order of magnitude. For years, … how the interactions between viruses and their host microbes impact the regulation of global nutrient cycles. …

… ecosystem. The Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep … to infect and destroy the host archaea – and how the  microbes resist. The battle waged below the Earth’s surface … organic carbon which can serve as a food source for other microbes into the environment. Summary In J. R. R. Tolkien’s …

… the interactions that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and … processes and evolution. This is because MGEs can affect a microbe’s ability to cycle nutrients or produce new … ecosystems by killing other cells. Over time, MGEs can help microbes gain a competitive edge within an ecosystem. They …

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

… 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 …