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… Virus-Driven Alterations of Microbial Metabolism in Model Soil Ecosystems,” uses a combination of experimental … data analysis to better characterize how viruses infect soil microbes and influence how soil ecosystems function. He was one of the eight JGI …

… the order of 100 times the size of what has typically been associated with viruses, while the genomes of large viruses … study from a JGI-led team uncovered giant viruses in the soil for the first time. The current study applied a …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …

… stages of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Nature Plants 10, 673–688 Vyshenska et al. 2023. A standardized … Couradeau, J.S. et al. 2019. Probing the active fraction of soil microbiomes using BONCAT-FACS.  Nature Comm 10(1) 1-10 Schulz, F. et al. 2018. Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses. Nature Comm . 9 (1), 4881 Tsementzi, D. …

… interact with their environment, potentially accelerating soil carbon loss. Orange ribbons mark the heated plots and … sequence for Eucalyptus grandis. Accessing recently burned soils in California and Colorado, Mike Wilkins of Colorado … State University and colleagues aim to understand how soil microbiomes in fire-adapted ecosystems respond to low …

… help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these …

… and environmental challenges. Viruses are everywhere — in soil, the sea and, of course, the cells of other organisms. … can do. For example, understanding virus-host dynamics in soil microbiomes could allow for more accurate ecosystem … microbial genes. Eventually, whether the goal is improving soil microbiomes for carbon capture or removing harmful …

… mSystems. 5 (3) Schulz et al. (2018) Hidden diversity of soil giant viruses. Nature Communications. 9 (1), 1-9 Roux … Senior Editor, ISME Journal LBNL LDRD (Soil Protists) FY2022 LBNL LDRD (Viral Variant Surveillance) …

… are carriers of several viruses (e.g., Lettuce big-vein associated virus LBVaV; genus Varicosavirus ) which may … genetic material with various origins, ranging from fungi, plants to bacteria. Back in 2011 when these genome and … fungi predate the oldest known fossil record of land plants and evolved in early microbial biocrust environments. …