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… well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide so they can grow, and then harvest … with identifying the right ingredients. Researchers collaborating across multiple institutions have sequenced and …

P. psychrophila genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas … can thrive in changing conditions. A recent study shows that when salinity is reduced in its environment, this alga … ice in the Arctic has decreased by more than 30% in terms of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with …

…   Visualizing a novel, candidate viral genome found in the deep subsurface ecosystem. The … Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are … by combining a study of microbial communities (metagenomics) and a chemical labelling approach. The Impact …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The … common images in many regions due to more extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts and floods. The planet’s resources are …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean. The Science Scientists have … bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that …

Research uncovers the genetic foundations that helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella elongata enjoys a dual lifestyle; it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root …

… — making it difficult to grasp a deeper understanding of fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii show a long history of dynamic evolution … both genome content and structure following a genome duplication event that occured some 60 million years ago. Massive …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … plant for energy: Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose that eventually yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to …