Trinidad Alfaro | Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Linking multi-organism-environment interactions across lab and field scales to estimate viral contributions to soil C cycling

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Amy Zimmerman

Project type

FICUS Research

Interactions between soil viruses and their microbial hosts can significantly impact microbial population dynamics, metabolism, and evolution, with cascading effects on soil carbon (C)…

Prediction of response of microbial interaction networks cycling carbon to changing moisture conditions

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ryan McClure

Harnessing the soil microbiome presents transformational opportunities to optimize the economic and environmental value of our nation’s soil microbiomes, including maintaining soil organic matter…

Moisture and seasonal drivers of Inter-Kingdom metabolic interaction in a marginal soil rhizosphere

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

William Nelson

Project type

FICUS Research

Soil is a complex environment with numerous competing and cooperating populations contributing to overall ecosystem services. Plants provide most of the fresh organic carbon inputs through growth and…

Projects

Linking multi-organism-environment interactions across lab and field scales to estimate viral contributions to soil C cycling

Prediction of response of microbial interaction networks cycling carbon to changing moisture conditions

Moisture and seasonal drivers of Inter-Kingdom metabolic interaction in a marginal soil rhizosphere