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… genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots with genomes from other plant-associated fungi. Their … Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ) studied how fungi associate with roots in A. thaliana plants. The work also involved … Regional Development Fund, and the Plant–Microbe Interfaces Scientific Focus Area in the Genomic Science Program, the …

Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without cyanobacteria; they began oxygenating Earth over two …

… about how this project unfolded, and how they worked with the JGI's metabolomics program to find out more about …

… anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make use of it, it would change the … is well-established: Across all life forms and with little exception, organisms have figured out how to … evidence that lignin can, in fact, be deconstructed without oxygen. Lead author Tom Lankiewicz cultivated …

… of equipment for fly fishing is a boxful of lures. Designed with feathers or wires to mimic an insect or a particular … Using a single-cell screen, they can now identify microbes with specific functional characteristics. When they tested … Directed Research and Development program (LDRD) entitled ‘Tackling microbial-mediated plant carbon …

… plants don’t fully decompose in peatlands, and so carbon within their tissues doesn’t return to the atmosphere. Peat … kingdom. Specifically, researchers found that female plants within a species tended to weather pH stress from peatlands’ … variation when under those same environmental stressors — with some thriving and others struggling to survive. Given …

… a feedstock for biomass-based biofuel production. As seen with many commonly cultivated commercial crops such as … when switchgrass (and by extension similar taxa) are faced with pronounced environmental fluctuations. New findings from this line of research combined with past insights will allow the identification of …

… of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with younger, thinner ice means more fresh water — and less salt — near the surface where algae grow. Armed with a better understanding of the alga’s stress resistance … range of habitats — from brine pockets and melt pools, and within the water column. They are also the primary producers …