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… dramatic. In lichen, the photosynthetic partner, either a eukaryotic microalga or a cyanobacteria, is known as the … could help inform efforts at bioengineering symbiotic microbial consortia for bioenergy crops. And because lichens … nitrocellulose filters in Petri dishes. The scientists also sequenced the fungus and photobiont’s genomes and compared …

… conditions: with more heat, less water and less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists … Torrres have looked into traits that could transfer from grasses into other crops.  One grass they studied just happened to be the same species that …