Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen Serrano and Benjamin Cole explain their research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.

Links from this episode:

Feature: Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
Paper: Metatranscriptomics sheds light on the links between the functional traits of fungal guilds and ecological processes in forest soil ecosystems

Feature: Eelgrass proves to be much younger than we thought
Paper: Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina)
Paper: Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment

Paper: Spatial co-transcriptomics reveals discrete stages of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

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Forest Fungi, Seagrass, and a New View of Symbiosis

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