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Science Altiarchaea are carbon-fixing microbes and targets of multiple viruses in Earth’s deep subsurface. They are abundant representatives of deep subsurface ecosystems. A team of researchers … 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 Science Fields of drooping stalks and cracked earth are becoming common … by a consortium involving researchers from the University of California (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural …

Ancient  Chloroflexota s ditched their flagella and other traits when … place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum C hloroflexota . Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of  Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments …

… 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from water to land. Key … aquatic environments. The Impact A deeper understanding of how plants adapted to terrestrial life paves the way for …

The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … meal. In their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we do. Oxygen is a rich source of energy, and because anaerobic fungi can’t harness it, …

… start pinning down how a fungal symbiont spurs growth of poplar, a potential biofuel feedstock.     The Science The fungus  Mortierella … it can thrive in the soil as a saprophyte, living off decaying organic matter, or as an endophyte, living …

New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell walls. It’s the cellulose and hemicellulose … shows how anaerobic fungi — the kind living in the stomachs of livestock — are actually capable of naturally modifying …