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… the lab of Cameron Currie. They work primarily within the “fungus growing ant” system where there is a symbiont, a … a cool tripartite situation where the ants are feeding a fungus, they eat the fungus, and that fungus is really susceptible to disease. So …

… susceptible to a fungal infection of rye grain – a specific fungus, Claviceps purpurea, can infect grain. And when it … actually, they discovered that Taxol is also produced by a fungus that happens to grow near this tree and so there was … evolutionary event where the DNA transferred from the fungus into the tree and became incorporated. And because it …

… poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can … as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among and within poplar trees, … to the tree’s physical traits and gene expression when the fungus is present. The Impact Black cottonwood, or poplar, ( …

… the same sorts of things. And then, bacteria often live in symbiosis with plants and might actually be producing … same kind of way, where we had– aflatoxin is produced by a fungus called Aspergillus . We were mostly working in …

… and bioproducts. This study lends insights on how the fungus has responded to manmade changes in its ecological … were harvested for constructing buildings, the dry rot fungus migrated indoors and across borders, adapting to …

… Tracing gene regulatory networks in the model fungus  Neurospora crassa . The Science A team led by … and model gene regulatory pathways used by the filamentous fungus  Neurospora crassa, and to identify and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including …

… to different species.  DAN: Yeah, yeah.  BEN: And then for fungus, even more. And of the fungus, we have more than 2600 different species. But you …