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… some of their most important functions. Even in the chilly waters of Antarctica, tiny ocean-dwellers called … managed to adapt to a unique set of conditions in polar waters, including vast shifts in sunlight and frigid temperatures. These waters also contain higher concentrations of the essential …

… , a new study suggests, is displacing these important cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones, a trend … the global ocean. Phytoplankton communities in warmer waters, including the tropics, tend to be dominated by … (microorganisms without a defined nucleus). Colder waters nearer the poles, however, tend to favor eukaryotes ( …

… pulling over to the side of the road to collect small weedy plants and bring them back to the lab. The weedy grass was green millet (Setaria viridis), a small …

… materials can be broken down for things like biomass and  biofuels . However, AMF and the microbial communities they … DNA of specific microbes who consume the labeled food or water. Later, their DNA can be tested for the isotope, which … after incubating microbial communities with labeled food or water, the microbial DNA is manually separated into a few …

… challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even with little water, full sunlight and hot temperatures, sorghum plants … is the fastest way for plants to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars and oxygen. Both sugarcane and corn share …

… C-A-M, for short — helps plants that have it lose less water in a hot, dry environment. Figuring out how plants … in general, work. KAROLINA:  We all know plants take up water through their roots. But for them to be able to pull that water through the whole plant system, they need to open …

… openings in the Earth’s crust that emit hot, mineral-rich water. These vents are too deep in the sea to get any … to living in extreme conditions. At these vents, and underwater volcanoes,  researchers studied microbial communities … development of new biotechnologies around clean energy,  biofuels and bioproducts.  Summary Hydrothermal vents are …

… They have this typical mycelium. But they only grow in saltwater. So we’re thinking they’re obligate marine. There’s so … far no species or no strains known that really grow in freshwater. But they’re actually pretty orange, and they make …

… researchers hope to improve yields for other crops under water-limited conditions. Summary In humans, traits such as … for the crop’s ability to produce good yields under water limiting conditions. Epigenetic Control of Drought … Parlier, Calif. They grew two sorghum cultivars under three watering conditions, and then collected root, leaf and …