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… to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, partnering with 600 instructors worldwide … which species of mycorrhizal fungi are important for poplar plant health, in part to learn how these species can … in the presence of other fungi. Poplar is a  JGI Flagship Plant , of interest as a candidate  bioenergy feedstock . …

… nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and … clusters showed a >95 % accuracy in correctly predicting plant pathogens (blue) vs saprobes (green). (From Haridas S …

… compounds may also be involved in how the fungi metabolize plant biomass, which could inform how scientists can more easily convert plants into carbon-neutral biofuels . What’s more, many … to understand the outsized role the fungi play in digesting plant material in herbivore guts. A deeper dive into the …

… to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The Science Walk in a temperate forest filled … Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are they both actually doing the job? By … the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant matter, and bacteria are more active in fixing and …

… most widespread type of mycorrhizal fungi, live within a plant’s root system. They form mutually beneficial relationships with over 80% of land plants, which means they offer a lot of insights into how plant materials can be broken down for things like biomass …

… featuring aspects of the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) Nikos Kyrpides was part of an …

… State University and colleagues aim to understand how soil microbiomes in fire-adapted ecosystems respond to low and …

… believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for … due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  about 3 …

… 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 …

… could be generating these observed patterns. As many other plant species have natural cytotype variation, we also hoped … hundreds of naturally-occurring genotypes (in this case, a plant’s complete genetic makeup) and 10 common gardens. We … like switchgrass respond to pronounced climate shifts. (C4 plants use a more efficient form of photosynthesis that …