More Healthy Land – Page 39
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CareersA day in the life of a microbial library curator
Mycology, chemical-free bioproducts and fresh discoveries every season - Young Nam Lee reveals what life as a microbial library collection curator is like.
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CareersThe Babalola Lab
The Babalola Lab examines the interplay between plants and plant growth-promoting rhizobiome in plant health management using high throughput sequencing
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NewsMicrobial awakening shifts high-latitude food webs as permafrost thaws
A new study shows that fungi are replacing plants as the primary energy source for Arctic and boreal animals.
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NewsProject investigates how biodiversity loss contributes to zoonosis risks
A newly launched project, titled ’Zoonosis Emergence across Degraded and Restored Forest Ecosystems’ (ZOE), is receiving about four million euros in funding from the European Commission for a period of four years.
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NewsScientists discover how environmental microbes boost fruit fly reproduction
A research group finds that environmental microorganisms enhance oogenesis in fruit flies, increasing the production of germline stem cells and the number of mature eggs in females via hormonal pathways.
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NewsAnts recognize infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics
Matabele ants have developed a sophisticated healthcare system: they can distinguish between non-infected and infected wounds and treat the latter efficiently with antibiotics they produce themselves.
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NewsResearchers uncover how tiny plastics threaten our soil and health
A new study has found that both nanoplastics and microplastics alter soil microbes and increase antibiotic resistance. Nanoplastics, due to their small size and large surface area, had a more significant impact, even in small quantities.
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NewsMore than 10k viral species found in supraglacial environments
Researchers have revealed more than 10,000 viral species in global supraglacial environments - a 15-fold expansion of DNA viral genomic inventory ever known.
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NewsArtificial intelligence predicts the influence of microplastics on soil properties
Scientists used machine learning to reveal how different characteristics of soil microplastics can significantly alter soil properties.
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NewsPlants use ‘trojan horse’ bubbles to fight mold invasions
A study describes how plants send tiny lipid “bubbles” filled with RNA across enemy lines, into the cells of the attacking mold. Once inside, different types of RNA emerge to suppress the infectious cells that sucked them in.
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NewsNovel study reveals how fungal metabolites activate grapevine defense mechanisms
Researchers aimed to understand the impact of secondary metabolites from E. lata, specifically acetylenic phenols like eutypine, eutypinol, siccayne, and eulatinol, on plant defense.
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NewsMicrobes harnessed to remove and degrade indoor pollutants
Researchers have designed an indoor air purification prototype which uses microorganisms to capture and degrade pollutants, with efficiencies above 90%.
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NewsResearch addresses mystery of why diversity in plant species causes higher farming yield
A new study shows how a boost in agricultural yield comes from planting diverse crops rather than just one plant species - soil pathogens harmful to plants have a harder time thriving.
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NewsGenetics of host plants determine what microorganisms they attract
Plants often develop communities with microorganisms in their roots, which influences plant health and development. It is unclear whether genetic variation in the host plants plays a role in recruitment of these microbes.
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NewsScientists devise bacterial toolkit for colonizing plants
Researchers have discovered a core set of genes required by commensal bacteria to colonize their plant hosts. The findings may have broad relevance for understanding how bacteria establish successful host–commensal relationships.
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NewsSoil microbiome yields revolutionary new biofungicide
The Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), a leader in plant science research, has announced that Ascribe Bioscience has partnered with Nutrien Ag Solutions to commercialize two crop protection products containing biofungicide Phytalix®.
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NewsSingle-celled protists in the guts of animals thrive without the ‘powerhouse of the cell’
Almost all eukaryotic organisms, from plants and animals to fungi, can’t survive without mitochondria – the ’powerhouses of the cell’, which generate chemical energy using oxygen. Termites However, a new study by Lukáš Novák and Vladimír Hampl of Charles University, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, finds ...
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NewsLittle bacterium may make big impact on rare-earth processing
Scientists show that genetically engineering Vibrio natriegens could improve the efficiency for the purification of elements found in smartphones, computers, electric cars and wind turbines, and could even boost global economic supply chains.
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NewsDeadly chicken disease: ancient DNA reveals evolution of virulence
Using genetic analyses, an international team has revealed the evolutionary history of the pathogen of a fatal disease in chickens.
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NewsCoevolution and UV spectrum help Santa’s reindeer feast after flight
The eyes of Rudolph and his reindeer brethren may have evolved so that they can spot their favorite food - a lichen called reindeer moss - during dark and snowy Arctic winters.