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… nitrogen-metabolizing enzymes are abundant, and to which microbes they belong. This study provides further insights … Pinpointing the processes happening on and in forest soil also better enriches models of global carbon and … down and away from the roots one goes, the more bacteria show up. The data underscore what was already suspected: …

… the plant and illuminates the significant role sex plays in how the moss grows, stores carbon and responds to stress. … peatlands store approximately one-third of the world’s soil carbon. The process to harvest energy-generating peat … and have very little oxygen, which is tough on the type of microbes that break down plant matter. This means plants …

… Newly developed chemiluminescent biosensors shed light on how bacteria function and colonize diverse environments. The … which affects a number of environments, including plants, soil, and the gut. To better understand the dynamics of this … also regulates enzymes involved in cellulose production in microbes, these biosensors may eventually lead to ways to …

… estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can also act as a … Responses Under Changing Environments) project, assessing how northern peatland ecosystems respond to increases in … cycling is a carbon flux regulator since sulfate-reducing microbes prevent methane production by routing the carbon …

… biomass production for fuels, and growth in poor soils. In addition to bolstering sorghum fields, … offers avenues for translating its strengths into other crops for biofuels and bioproducts. Historically, work on … into drought tolerance, biomass production and more — however, a single reference genome shows only one slice of …