Soil microorganisms shape global element cycles in life and death. Living soil microorganisms
are a major engine of terrestrial biogeochemistry, driving the turnover of soil organic …

In the Anthropocene, in which we now live, climate change is impacting most life on Earth.
Microorganisms support the existence of all higher trophic life forms. To understand how …

The number and diversity of viral sequences that are identified in metagenomic data far
exceeds that of experimentally characterized virus isolates. In a recent workshop, a panel of …

Microbes are dominant drivers of biogeochemical processes, yet drawing a global picture of
functional diversity, microbial community structure, and their ecological determinants …

Marine plankton support global biological and geochemical processes. Surveys of their
biodiversity have hitherto been geographically restricted and have not accounted for the full …

Microbial life predominates in the ocean, yet little is known about its genomic variability,
especially along the depth continuum. We report here genomic analyses of planktonic microbial …

The marine unicellular cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus is the smallest-known oxygen-evolving
autotroph 1 . It numerically dominates the phytoplankton in the tropical and subtropical …

Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex neurobiological disorders that
impair social interactions and communication and lead to restricted, repetitive, and …

Background Viruses are a significant player in many biosphere and human ecosystems, but
most signals remain “hidden” in metagenomic/metatranscriptomic sequence datasets due to …

… Sullivan. Simon Roux was partially supported by the University of Arizona Ecosystem
Genomics Institute through a grant from the Technology and Research Initiative Fund through the …