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… algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest for use as … strain that primarily produces biomass as lipids and carbohydrates. At LANL, Tisza Bell in Shawn Starkenburg’s … algal strains, and chart exploratory paths for strain improvements.   … This research was supported by the …

… majority of microbes in, on and around the planet–through techniques including single-cell genomics and metagenomics. …

… new insights into how these ocean photosynthesizers cycle carbon in changing conditions. The products of photosynthesis are easy to point out. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria create the air we breathe … National Laboratory’s NSLS-II used multiple x-ray techniques combined with advanced computational simulations …

Researchers employed multiple microbiology and ‘omics techniques to experimentally determine that … with the humans and the biosphere), including the global carbon cycle. The JGI is sequencing large numbers of microbes and microbial communities that contribute to carbon cycling, and is interested in understanding the genomic …

After working on his post-doctoral position with the Plant and Microbe Interaction group at Oak Ridge National …

… organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for ‘wanderer’). But they vary across … phytoplankton communities.” A change in the base would reverberate throughout the food web, like taking a jackhammer to … to an estimated 50 percent of the world’s fixed carbon, altering the balance of eukaryotic and prokaryotic …

… a crucial part of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to enable improvements in microbial oil production. The Science … microbial factory, capable of turning abundant biomass carbohydrates — glucose and xylose — into fatty acids that …

… species to answer questions about how they break down plant materials, which could be useful for industrial …

… important in microbial ecosystems. These communities harbor tens of thousands of different organisms who all … a modified version of a specific chemical, where ordinary Carbon-12 atoms are swapped for the heavier, non-radioactive … the modified compound will have heavier DNA or RNA, and SIP techniques leverage this to untangle which microbes ate the …

… framework that combines and builds on two standard techniques for identifying viruses and plasmids. Until now, …

… their research related to how bacteria that colonize the roots of sphagnum work to transfer their thermotolerance … normally would kill the moss may hold clues to how these carbon sink environments can continue to hold onto their carbon despite global warming.  At ORNL, Lawrence brings a …