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… Uncovering associations between plant roots and fungi that can help or harm plant host health. The Science … plant-associated fungi. Their analysis identified fungal gene families that help determine if these fungi act as … Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Their findings were described in a recent Nature Communications …

… Black fungi are microscopic and mighty. They survive everywhere …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative … with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of fungi by James et al. and Sekimoto et al . … to regain once it is lost. Depending on the exact phylogenetic placement of Olpidium, it may mean that the …

… at the University of California, Davis and UC Santa Barbara generated a list of prokaryotes with fermentative metabolism … IMG data portals to get information about the genomes and genes of the organisms on the list. They also searched IMG/M for all protein-coding genes belonging to each genome. The final dataset – …

… JGI innovates protocol revealing how genetic variations in sequences affect traits. In a text … years ago,” he said. “We thought about reconstructing gene regulatory networks, understanding where transcription … what TFs and regulatory networks are conserved across fungi.” Using multiDAP-seq, Nagy’s team is comparing five …

… Elucidating Sphagnum microbiome genetic interactions for improved growth at elevated … strategies in a cosmopolitan and abundant soil bacterium: genetic microdiversity or core metabolic flexibility? … Elucidation of the gene regulatory networks governing terpenoid-mediated plant …

… the first study of this nature.  The phyllosphere is a major habitat for plant-associated microbes at the interface … The team learned that some bacterial families carry genes for degrading monoterpenes such as α-pinene, as well as genes for breaking down complex plant polymers. These …

… Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon … research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.  …