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… organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among … trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the … soil mixture, publishing  the results in  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions . The results were striking. Adding …

… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …

… endobacteria, the Rhizopus fungus cannot act as a plant pathogen, it cannot reproduce asexually, and … the host. Using the mutualistic relationship between the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizopus microsporus (Rm) and … Rm-Burkholderia relationship, Rhizopus is neither a plant pathogen nor able to reproduce with ease. So far, all …

… the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely … work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, archaea and fungi. We thought this kind of … from each of six kingdoms: eubacteria, archaea, protist, plant, fungi and animal. This analysis led them to identify …

… fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii … ancient gene transfers from bacteria have all armed the plant with an array of defense mechanisms. The Impact There … will illuminate the evolutionary history of a pivotal plant as well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s …

… mosses.  New research identifies sex chromosomes in the plant and illuminates the significant role sex plays in how … and have very little oxygen, which is tough on the type of microbes that break down plant matter. This means plants don’t fully decompose in …

… flavor of wine, terpenes are ubiquitous. A diverse group of plant-produced organic compounds, terpenes play key roles in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions. … metabolites which play a part in biotic and abiotic stress responses. Overall, this study improves our understanding of …

… in the sequencing and evolutionary analysis of over fifty plant and animal genomes. He currently leads the JGI’s … on understanding the origin, evolution, and diversity of plants and animals by combining computational genome … In addition to this evolutionary focus, his work on plant genomics is targeted towards the development of …

… addition to bolstering sorghum fields, understanding this plant eventually offers avenues for translating its … shows only one slice of the adaptation possible for this plant. In other lines around the world, much more genetic … gene repertoire, and the phenotypic diversity across this plant in one accessible resource,” said John Lovell, a …

… Mikes worked with mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This year, however, there was a new aspect …

… conditions. Additionally, high-temperature (thermophilic) microbes are of interest for their potential use in number … may have been important to the early evolution of these microbes. …

… Everglades in Palm Beach County, and particularly about the microbes that play roles in the methane cycle. Their data …