«We tend to think that the factors that determine where forests are on a landscape are largely driven by climate, but what these data show is soils and
the soil microbiome community might be a lot more important than we have appreciated in the past,» she said.
Not exact matches
Understanding more about the interactions between the microbial
communities — also called «
microbiomes» — in the biocrusts and their adaptations to their harsh environments could provide important clues to help shed light on the roles of
soil microbes in the global carbon cycle.
While many people have become familiar with the
community of microbes that live on us, with us, and within us — the human
microbiome — the
soil microbiome is lesser known but crucial for the fate of our planet.
Of note today: non-exclusive breastfeeding increases the risk of HIV transmission via the alteration of gut
microbiome / T - cell activation; Fasting altered the gut
microbiome in beneficial ways but only in mice previously fed a high fat diet; An investigation into new species of the honey and bumblebee gut commensal genus Gilliamella; Catfish development shapes gut microbial
community structure independent of diet; A metagenomic analysis of the skin
microbiome of the frog, Craugastor fitzingeri; The
microbiome is altered during the bioremediation of herbicide contaminated
soil; The impact of urban density on the
soil microbiome; A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a microbiota based drug for the prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection; and the virome of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin of Mexico
At PNNL, she leads research into the
microbiome, a term for the collective
communities of microbes that reside in many environmental niches, including the human gut and
soil.