All The Microbiologist articles in Agriculture & The Rhizosphere
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CareersToxins, E. coli and soil nematodes - Megan reports on her AMI Summer Placement
Megan Cameron (27) undertook an Applied Microbiology International-sponsored Summer Placement examining the effects of feeding different strains of E. coli to the free living wild type nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans.
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NewsPGPR strain from farmland in India boosts crops in chilly conditions
A bacterial strain isolated from agricultural soil in India can help crops to thrive in chilly conditions by promoting seed germination and growth, a new study shows.
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NewsMineral nanoparticles can help fungi break down organic pollutants in soils
Mineral nanoparticles could potentially act as nanozyme mimics, assisting fungi in breaking down organic pollutants in soils, a new study has found.
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CareersEdie uncovers how microbes can shine light on dirt bike vandalism
For her AMI-sponsored Summer Placement, forensic science student Edie Holmes joined a team investigating whether microbial profiling could be used to link dirt bikes to vandalised sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs). Here’s what happened.
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FeaturesUnder the microscope: the rhizosphere
Microorganisms have diverse roles in the rhizosphere, which can include plant nutrition, promoting growth, and inducing and/or preventing disease.
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CareersEarly career scientists team up with biotech firm NCIMB to tackle pesticide toxicity
Biotech company NCIMB, one of the industrial beneficiaries, recently hosted three early career scientists as part of the ARISTO programme which aims to develop tools to assess the toxicity of pesticides on soil microorganisms.
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FeaturesAncient skeletal remains and the invention of agriculture: effects on the oral microbiome
How the oral microbiome adapted to the system of agricultural subsistence across the millennia of paleolithc and neolithic history.
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CareersUnpeeling the layers - what my summer placement taught me about onion rot and lab life
Shi Yang Xie is doing a Applied Microbiology International Summer Placement at Cardiff University School of Biosciences with Dr Rebecca Weiser. She reveals what her research into bacterial onion rot is uncovering.
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NewsFungal-plant symbiosis offers a promising tool to boost crop resilience
A species of fungus that normally grows in the wild and kills insects can be successfully inoculated in oilseed rape plants where it fosters a unique symbiotic relationship.
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NewsStudy IDs secret of stealthy invader essential to ruinous rice disease
The virulence of a rice-wrecking fungus — and deployment of ninja-like proteins that help it escape detection by muffling an immune system’s alarm bells — relies on genetic decoding quirks that could prove central to stopping it.
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NewsTeam find promising bacterial suicide gene against citrus Huanglongbing and canker
Researchers have found that an endolysin encoded by the CaLas prophage has dual resistance to Huanglongbing and citrus canker.
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NewsMicrobiome tools could reinvigorate degraded soils
Emerging microbiome tools could improve content and diversity of soil organic matters in degraded soils, a new study suggests.
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NewsEgyptian cotton gene grants powerful resistance to resurging blight
An overlooked gene found in Egyptian cotton confers powerful resistance to bacterial blight, a plant disease that is threatening cotton production worldwide.
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NewsStructural changes drive arms race between crop plants and fungal pathogens
Scientists shed light on how harmful fungi evade recognition by their plant hosts and aid infection.
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NewsFatty acids govern cannibalism in beneficial rhizosphere bacterium
A new study reveals that bacillunoic acids-mediated cannibalism enhances biofilm formation in Bacillus velezensis SQR9.
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NewsEngineered microbe targets fungal scourge of golf courses
A patented beneficial microbe is found to be promising for disarming fungal pathogens that affect turfgrass.
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NewsMicrobe-rich Amazon dark earth boosts tree growth as much as sixfold
Brazilian scientists analyzed the typical soil composition resulting from native management with the aim of developing biotech applications for more effective restoration of degraded areas.
