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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.  …

… had ever been done before to look at how multiple forest fungi have independently evolved to establish symbiotic … (mycorrhizae), and particularly how fungi that feed on decaying plant matter (saprotrophs) have transitioned to the … Fund and the Plant-Microbe Interfaces Scientific Focus Area in the Genomic Science Program, the Office of …

BER Funding Opportunity Announcements ,  Science Focus Areas  (SFA) opportunities, and the  Office of Science Early … The four Centers are located in geographically distinct areas and use different plants both for laboratory research … by integrating three highly interconnected DOE priority areas of Feedstock Development, Conversion, and …

Bacterial enzymes play second fiddle to those from fungi when it comes to breaking down tough plant fibers. The … activity teems beneath your feet. Both bacteria and fungi have genes that can break down plant fibers. But are … is a striking division of labor between the two groups. Fungi are much more active in degrading plant matter, and …

… of tough plants. Thanks to gut microbes — namely, anaerobic fungi — these animals are able to pry apart plant polymers … use to bust biomass apart. She and her team find these fungi, and their enzymes, primarily in animal poop.  “As an … diversity.”  Within that diversity of bacteria and fungi, O’Malley and her team are amassing all kinds of …

… is a dynamic and complex ecosystem that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses. Resident viruses can be found in a myriad of …