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Great job to Rina Estera-Molina & her @Firestone_Lab team for showcasing our 13CO2 labeling facility in a high level visit! We were honored to have @DrChavonda from the @USDA stop by to see how we track carbon from plant to microbes to minerals.
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We were honored to give @USDA Under Secretary @DrChavonda Jacobs-Young a peek at UC Berkeley research during a tour of the Oxford Facility's greenhouse and field space last week. Read more about the research and her visit: nature.berkeley.edu/news/202…
Firestone Lab retweeted
Exciting job opportunities in Hawai‘i! The new Hawai‘i Soil Microbiome Lab smil.bio/ led by Dr. Maggie Yuan @uhmanoa is hiring a lab tech and a postdoc to work on soil-borne pathogen ecology. Spread the word!
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Firestone Lab retweeted
Our paper exploring AMF carbon transfer to the hyphosphere microbial food web and mineral-assossiated organic matter is out today in a special issue of @NewPhyt! 🌿 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19560 🍄@Jeffinerca @ecologicaljack @Firestone_Lab @erinnuccio
Integrating perspectives in developing #mycorrhizal trait #databases: a call for inclusive & collaborative continental efforts
Viewpoint by María Isabel Mujica, @silvafloresdra, @GuilleBuenoG, @jessyduchicela
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ALT View of the soil mycorrhizal community in a hypothetical forest dominated by oak species associated with different types of mycorrhizal fungi that form separate underground networks (MN) that may possibly be used to transport amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, signaling microRNAs or peptides and hormones.
Firestone Lab retweeted
Our manuscript is out: 'The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture.' We show that the microbial traits associated with soil C are not universal, but vary with soil habitat.
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Firestone Lab retweeted

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Soil viruses the minute the first seasonal rainfall hits the ground:
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Despite vast compositional differences across soils, rewetting of dry soils consistently resulted in a bloom of viral diversity (up to a >30-fold increase in vOTU richness 24 h after wet-up!), followed by extreme turnover of viral populations.
Firestone Lab retweeted
Do soil #viruses drive #GHG emissions? In dry systems, soil microbes start to multiply rapidly after the first rain (“wet-up”). A massive die-off happens too, releasing a huge burst of #CO2.
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Firestone Lab retweeted
To quote my muse, Lizzo: it's about damn time
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Expression of macromolecular organic nitrogen degrading enzymes identifies potential mediators of soil organic N availability to an annual grass nature.com/articles/s41396-0…
















