Bruce A. Hungate

Oct 23, 2023 | nature.com | Alicia M. Purcell |Bruce A. Hungate

AbstractIce-free terrestrial environments of the western Antarctic Peninsula are expanding and subject to colonization by new microorganisms and plants, which control biogeochemical cycling. Measuring growth rates of microbial populations and ecosystem carbon flux is critical for understanding how terrestrial ecosystems in Antarctica will respond to future warming.

Jul 15, 2023 | nature.com | Michaela Hayer |Kirsten S. Hofmockel |Benjamin J. Koch |Jennifer Pett-Ridge |Bruce A. Hungate |Jeth Walkup

AbstractPredicting ecosystem function is critical to assess and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Quantitative predictions of microbially mediated ecosystem processes are typically uninformed by microbial biodiversity. Yet new tools allow the measurement of taxon-specific traits within natural microbial communities. There is mounting evidence of a phylogenetic signal in these traits, which may support prediction and microbiome management frameworks.

Mar 16, 2023 | nature.com | Ramunas Stepanauskas |Frederik Schulz |Tanja Woyke |Emiley A Eloe-Fadrosh |Dengxun Lai |Zheng-Shuang Hua | +4 more

Compilation of MAGs and SAGsGenomes used in this study and their provenance are summarized in Supplementary Table 1. Newly generated MAGs originated from geothermal environments (Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China; Beatty, Nevada, USA; British Columbia, Canada; and Guaymas Basin, Mexico), freshwater lakes (Powell Lake, British Columbia, Canada; Lake Kivu, Rwanda; Lake Alinen Mustajärvi, Finland) and wastewater (Apeldoorn, the Netherlands).