Results

Ecological and genomic responses of soil microbiomes to high-severity wildfire: linking community assembly to functional potential
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Rapid Response of Nitrogen Cycling Gene Transcription to Labile Carbon Amendments in a Soil Microbial Community
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Adaptation to Environmental Extremes Structures Functional Traits in Biological Soil Crust and Hypolithic Microbial Communities
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Gallionella and Sulfuricella populations are dominant during the transition of boreal potential to actual acid sulfate soils
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Short-Term Nitrogen Fertilization Affects Microbial Community Composition and Nitrogen Mineralization Functions in an Agricultural Soil.
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Len Pennacchio
In 2003, Dr. Pennacchio joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute and has focused … at UC Berkeley. Dr. Pennacchio received his Ph.D in 1998 from the Department of Genetics at Stanford University where … by DOE and through continued competitive grant support from NIH. … BA in Biology, Sonoma State University PhD in …
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Novel bacterial clade reveals origin of form I Rubisco
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An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. … as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging …
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An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate change: pulling atmospheric carbon into soil and boosting biofuel feedstocks with less fertilizer. … as a reservoir for carbon compounds that plants generate from carbon dioxide they take in. In this way, encouraging …
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Inspiring STEM Careers Through a Hands-on Everglades Microbiome Study
Journal publication caps JGI pilot project with fledgling Florida … Florida, they encompass a wide range of ecosystems ranging from wetlands to tree islands to cattails. In 2018, the US … armed with the proper permits, to the refuge to collect soil samples from multiple locations. Back in the classroom, …
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Natural soil microbes alter flowering phenology and the intensity of selection on flowering time in a wild Arabidopsis relative
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Microbial Community Structure and Functional Potential in Cultivated and Native Tallgrass Prairie Soils of the Midwestern United States
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