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… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex … thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in … their last leafy meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can …

… Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon … research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.  …

… with less fertilizer. For millions of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver water and nutrients. In order to do so, these organisms share space at cellular scale: fungi stretch a network of tendrils called arbuscules into a …

… Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The … activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are … is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant matter, and …

… of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able to pry apart plant polymers … use to bust biomass apart. She and her team find these fungi, and their enzymes, primarily in animal poop.  “As an … diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and her team are amassing all kinds of …

… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their analysis identified fungal gene families that …

… Santa Barbara discuss the importance of studying anaerobic fungi, as well as a recent discovery that turns scientific …

… and analysis tools for comparative genomics of fungi. Mycocosm enables users to navigate across sequenced … and to conduct comparative and genome-centric analyses of fungi and community annotation. …

… natural chemical compounds that you find in plants, fungi and bacteria, basically all living things. When your … at least before they were ground up into coffee – bacteria, fungi, you know everything. These are shared pathways for … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let …

… biological and environmental samples — including microbes, fungi, plants and soils. Through a combination of … Here, a controlled environment of plant, microbes, fungi, etc may be established and subject to repeatable, …

… bacterial sacred metabolite, and ergot alkaloids come from fungi, and Taxol from plants. Plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, they all have secondary … Fleming went on the hunt for other similar bacteria or fungi, and found them. And that’s why penicillin saved …

… a future-ready foundation     Over the past billion years, fungi have spread quietly throughout our planet. From the … lineage. Yet despite their ubiquity and ancient origins, fungi remain largely mysterious. Only about 200,000 fungal … history and innovations across different classes of fungi. “The enormous diversity of fungal genomes that has …