Suzanne Simard interview: How I uncovered the hidden language of trees Just as the bacteria that live in our guts can influence our health, the microbes that dwell in and around plant roots play a ...
Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key. Thanks to recent advances in genomic technology, ...
Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks ...
In an interdisciplinary study, researchers discovered that symbiotic bacteria communicate with legume plants through specific molecules and that this communication influences which bacteria grow near ...
When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally vital: the plant microbiota. In an article featured on the cover of Science, ...
A new study shows that tiny microbes living in and around oak trees may help them survive drought, poor soil, and disease.
Nature India: What is microbiome engineering? Shilpi Sharma: Microbiome engineering involves changing the composition or function of microbial populations in a habitat. Microbiomes, or microbial ...
When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally vital: the plant microbiota. In an article featured on the cover of Science ...
You’d think the complex flavor in a quality cup of tea would depend mainly on the tea varieties used to make it. But a study appearing in the journal Current Biology on February 15 shows that the ...
Soil microbes remain highly active beneath winter snow, driving complex nitrogen recycling that fuels spring plant growth.
Georgia's saltwater marshes—living where the land meets the ocean—stretch along the state's entire 100-mile coastline. These rich ecosystems are largely dominated by just one plant: grass. Known as ...
Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key. Georgia Tech researchers surveying field sites ...