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Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The … activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are … is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant matter, and …

… kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, archaea and fungi. We thought this kind of analysis would provide a … many organisms function, they have a sense of why nitrogen metabolisms can be so varied.  As evolution has progressed, organisms have developed metabolisms that function with a toolkit of enzymes. It’s …

… is a dynamic and complex ecosystem that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of bacterial strains, whereby they can modulate host metabolism, gene expression and phenotype. We have recently …

… 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 … diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and her team are amassing all kinds of …

… products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back for our second season of Natural … of a subdiscipline in the natural products or secondary metabolism field. Hoping to do these every once in a while, … in the earlier primers. In bacteria, at least, and in most fungi, biosynthetic gene clusters, which are the genes that …

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

… had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently evolved to establish symbiotic … with plants (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed on decaying plant matter (saprotrophs) have … analysis enables researchers to understand how plants and fungi developed symbiotic relationships, and how the …

… products and the science and scientists of secondary metabolism. Welcome back. This will be episode 12 of Natural … for sure. That is one of the draws for me of secondary metabolism. We get to do all kinds of wacky things in … a marine actinomycete bacterium. So they look kind of like fungi but also make these mycelia. They kind of look like …

… a podcast about the science and scientists of secondary metabolism.  Brad Moore, UC San Diego and Scripps … Because, we only understand a small percentage of overall metabolism. And microbes, and other organisms, have evolved … metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to collaborate, let …

Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their analysis identified fungal gene families that …