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Microbial mat under the microscope. Visible layers contain different microbial communities and minerals. The team characterized viruses in a subset of the mat layers. (John Spear) Brachypodium distachyon, the model species for temperate cereals and biofuel crop grasses with a growing pan-genome of one hundred genomes, in Spain: Huesca, Ibieca, San Miguel de Foces. (Pilar Catalán) Transmission electron microscope image showing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. (Credit: NIAID) Aerial view of Ace Lake in March, as ice begins to reform on the surface. (Courtesy of Anthony Hull) Leaders Signing Tri-Institutional Partnership on Microbiome Research MOU Gradient of the betaxanthins production in yeast across various different cultures. (Courtesy of Matthew Deaner)