Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two billion years ago. A team of researchers set out to Yellowstone National Park to study how cyanobacteria are living, communally, in microbial mats. Along the way, they’ve encountered surprises, adopted new technologies, and made a few discoveries about the microbial mat denizens.  Find more info on the episode, including the transcript, here: https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-episode-7-decoding-yellowstone-microbial-mats/