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… freshwater ecosystem works. When she set out to analyze 500 metagenomes from this sample set through the Community …

… elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or … of Florida collected forest samples of poplar and soil from Washington and Oregon. The cuttings included … of the  M. elongata strain PM193 added to a diluted soil mixture, publishing  the results in  Molecular …

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

… microorganisms live in complex communities, like within soils or the gut, they are difficult to study individually. … allowing them to process dozens of samples simultaneously. Soil microorganisms play a critical role in sequestering … greenhouse gas emissions, and understanding how to improve soil health can help mitigate the effects of climate change. …

… that happen between tiny organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive … currently has more than 700,000 plasmids from genomes, metagenomes and metatranscriptomes. To lower barriers to …

… Portal were instrumental to  a study that looked into how soil viruses , and in particular a chitosanase protein, can contribute to soil health. He also contributed to an update of  the JGI’s … article detailing how forest floors, in particular the soil microbiome, recover post-wildfire . He and  Tringe were …