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… avenues for using bacteria to produce ethylene and more.  Microbes excel at recycling the abundant miscellanea of … switch, to conserve resources.  Despite its important role in this system, the accessory protein was a surprise …

… small fraction of Earth’s microbial diversity. Because most microbes cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, … planet’s microbial diversity is key to understanding the roles of microorganisms in regulating nutrient cycles, as … environmental samples without needing to cultivate the microbes in the lab,” noted Stephen Nayfach, the study’s …

… targeting in the genome in the November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell. Auxenochlorella is an allodiploid hybrid of two … develop genome-scale engineering technologies to control plants and microbes for bioproducts and biomaterial manufacturing.  …

… chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are hermaphrodites, … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). (Poplar is a Flagship Plant.) To engineer them, researchers need to select and …

… mycorrhizal symbionts shuttle water and nutrients to trees; plant pathogens colonize living plants to feed on them.  Across the forest types, Martin and … an investment portfolio. If a stress like wildfire or drought threatens some fungal species, other fungi will fill …

… brands couldn’t exist without cocoa.  But today the plant is under threat due to climate change and devastating … with others to develop healthier and more productive cacao plants and ensure there will be cocoa for chocolate tomorrow … Database project. The genome sequence was assembled by the plant team at the  HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology . …

… in algal research for bioenergy production and algae’s roles in nutrient cycling, now a facet of the  Fungal & … of East Anglia was also approved to learn more about the roles of diatoms in carbon fixation and in aquatic food … to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, partnering with 600 instructors worldwide …

… between the analyzed community members. The Impact Though microbes help regulate the planet’s nutrient cycles and are … of tens of thousands of previously unknown and uncultivated microbes through metagenomics. Such techniques take … temperatures can reach as high as 80°C (~190°F), yet microbes thrive here. The communities in this extreme …

… 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. …

… ecologist and JGI user Trina McMahon has been sampling microbes at Lake Mendota, which borders the University of … Mendota data set, illuminating not just the highly-abundant microbes we expect to see, but also low-abundance … climate. They may also provide a basic understanding of the roles microbiomes play in determining the behavior of the …

… of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and … also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a diverse array of … function of zealexins and related compounds for other plants, including those cultivated for bioenergy. The …