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… warm-adapted microbes edge polewards, they’d oust resident tiny algae. The cold polar oceans give rise to some of the … ones, a trend that threatens to destabilize the delicate marine food web and change the oceans as we know them. At … photosynthesizing organisms called phytoplankton (from the Greek phyto for ‘plant’ and planktos for …

… and leader of the Microscale Applications group. Before joining the JGI in 2010, he made the first ever measurements … of in situ growth rates and carbon consumption of SAR11 bacteria, the most abundant bacterial group in the ocean. Later during his … Ph.D. in Marine Biology/Biochemistry, University of Delaware BA in …

… complexity At first glance, the slightly murky waters in the tube look like a scoop of stormwater, complete with … The bacterium itself was discovered by Olivier Gros, a marine biology professor at the Université des Antilles in … for sulfur-oxidizing symbionts in sulfur-rich mangrove sediments not far from his lab when he first encountered the …

… thrive, and even support entire ecosystems. Hear from researchers Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Emily St. John, Gilberto Flores, and Peter Girguis about sampling these communities, and understanding how they’ve adapted to this extreme environment.   …

… the process needed to prepare and ship samples for sequencing by the JGI.  Additionally it includes instructions on accessing sample-level reports and tracking … 1) Review JGI sample QC requirements and protocols Obtaining DNA and RNA of suitable quantity and quality has been …