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… laboratory ecosystems to help transition microbiome science from largely observational to reproducible mechanistic …

… peatlands store approximately one-third of the world’s soil carbon. The process to harvest energy-generating peat from these boggy wetlands produces an estimated 5% of annual … Institute for Biotechnology sequenced sphagnum  genomes from plants selected by a team from Duke University, then …

… estimate that they hold about 25 percent of the world’s soil carbon. In high latitudes, sphagnum can also act as a protective layer insulating permafrost from the warming regional temperatures. For this reason, the … by routing the carbon away from methanogens. In The ISME Journal, a team led by researchers from the University of …

… as a mutualist, where both species of organism benefit from association, but was predicted to have evolved from a parasitic interaction with their soil fungus host, Rhizopus microsporus . Researchers found … fungi are potential sustainable sources of alternative fuels, so understanding fungal-bacterial …

… Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an … their evolutionary history, these fungi branched off early from aerobic fungi, which can breathe oxygen — just like we … This research project was supported by a grant from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and the University of …

… shrubby grass that can grow year-over-year on marginal soil and with few resources. Despite the low maintenance, it … miles and eight states. In 2021, using switchgrass samples from these gardens, a team led by researchers at the … the effort to generate climate resilient switchgrass. Aside from climate-related studies, researchers have also …