ERC Starting Grant · 2023
The Role of Microbial Dormancy as an Ecological and Biogeochemical Regulator on Earth
Dramatic shifts in Earth’s climate and geography have profoundly influenced biological innovation and biogeochemical cycles. Despite widespread and extreme environmental change including global glaciations lasting millions of years, microbial life has thrived: accruing distinct phylogenies, morphologies, physiologies, and functions over geological time. Microorganisms use dormancy as a survival strategy to persist throughout unfavorable changes in their environment. Dormant organisms withdraw from the present environment and become part of a seed-bank, investing instead in contributing to the diversity and function of future ecosystems. This leads to the rousing proposition that a shift in…
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