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… first time, a team analyzes the transcriptomes of a lichen fungus and alga to understand their partnership more … actually comprised of two (or more) participants. One is a fungus (usually belonging to the ascomycetes, one of the two main branches of fungi); another is a photosynthetic microbe, tucked in the fungus’ tissue. If you’re a Marvel …
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… project manager Miranda Harmon-Smith, who helps shepherd CSP projects along. …
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… technology (IT) activities and strategic plan. … The Plant Program Advisory Committee is chartered to offer … Advisory Committee … Informatics User Advisory Committee … Plant Program User Advisory Committee … Prokaryote Programs …
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… of years, underground fungi have lived in symbiosis with plant roots. Plants provide photosynthesized carbon, while fungi deliver … seedlings grown in a controlled environment chamber, so the fungus could colonize the plants’ roots. Then, comparing …
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… the shared genetic toolkit of ancestral and present-day plants The Science In a recent Nature Genetics paper , … Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. … Science Foundation (160004, 131726), the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (PlantHUB 722338), the …
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… gas: methane. Those emissions mainly come from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported …
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… the sponges talk to each other? ERIC: He was looking at interactions between sponges and other organisms. So one of … how these pieces fit together. And if we can design those interactions, I think we’ll be a lot better at rationally … transcriptomics, metabolomics, and natural products in plants, fungi, and microorganisms. If you want to …
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… of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and also have industrial applications, … Science Program . And the work is part of a larger CSP Functional Genomics proposal to understand terpene …
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