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… 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 …

… 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 … on this work to explore an enzymatic ‘toolbox’ of biomass-degrading capabilities for anaerobic fungi . Eventually, …

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

… New evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The … Cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, cumulatively called lignocellulose, are the primary components of hardy cell … and poplar, then monitored changes to the plants’ lignocellulose composition, as well as degradation products …

… 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. …

… 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, …