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A new view into a symbiosis could offer benefits to address climate … 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 …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate … activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are …

… 25th anniversary. Over the last year, we’ve been revisiting a number of notable achievements that showcase our … 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 …

… is Professor Cassandra Quave from Emory University, with joint appointments in the School of Medicine and College of … nothing for. We’re also working on organisms, pathogenic fungi like Candida aureus in the lab and we work on … with plants, what’s going on between plants and mycorrhizal fungi? This has become something I think it’s always …

Hey Marcy!  ALISON: Hey Marcy?  MARCY: Hello. How’s it going?  DAN: Good. How are you?  MARCY: Am fine. I live in a … working on that aspect and it’s quite active against some fungi. But we’re also really interested in distribution. So … to the ant? Or is it a signal from the pathogen to the fungi to the ant and how that works?  DAN: Right. Yeah. I …

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

Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help … health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes …

… … DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s … penicillin from the fungal species – probably told us that fungi could be very productive sources for, say, biological … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let …

JGI is in the process of shifting its operations from Walnut Creek to the heart of the Berkeley Lab campus. By Friday, …