John Cliff

TL;DR: The results show that taxa and functions belonging to different kingdoms, which share habitat in the tight spatial confines of a biofilm, were influenced by different ecological processes and time scales of succession.

TL;DR: It is shown that high Mg/Ca-calcite forms at night in cultured specimens of the multi-chambered species Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, and suggested that diurnal Mg-banding is an intrinsic component of biomineralization in planktic foraminifera.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined ten pyrite nodules from several geological periods (Neoarchean to Carboniferous) using in situ LA-ICP-MS and SHRIMP-SI analyses.

TL;DR: A single-cell strategy for quantifying the trade-offs between triacylglycerol production and growth in the oleaginous microorganism Yarrowia lipolytica is introduced and the cell-to-cell heterogeneity in protein and fatty-acid recycling is discovered, unmasking a potential bet-hedging strategy under starvation.

TL;DR: It is shown that, during the wet season, fungal spores emitted by the forest biosphere contribute at least 30% (by number) to sodium salt particles in the central Amazon basin.