More Healthy Land – Page 54
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NewsUS approves world’s first vaccine to protect honey bees
The world’s first vaccine for honey bees has been approved by authorities in the US.
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NewsTwo fungi join forces to rampage through fig trees
Researchers have identified a fungus, Fusarium kuroshium, which is harmless by itself, but ravages fig trees when found together with Ceratocystis ficicola, which is transmitted by an ambrosia beetle, Euwallacea interjectus.
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NewsAlmost half of Europe’s wheat crops contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxin
Almost half of wheat crops across Europe are impacted by Fusarium Head Blight, according to a study led by fungal biologist Dr Neil Brown from the UK’s University of Bath, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Exeter.
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NewsStudy reveals how bioenergy crop microbiomes change as you dig deeper
A new study casts fresh light on how bioenergy crop microbiomes change in deeper soil, helping scientists to understand how plant microbiomes can be used to provide environmental services and support greener agricultural systems.
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NewsMicrobially synthesized compound stabilizes lithium ion batteries - and it’s eco-friendly too
Researchers in Japan have found that a microbially prepared pyrazine diamine compound can significantly stabilize high-energy density lithium-ion batteries.
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NewsCommon fungus eradicates toxic mercury from soil and water
Researchers have found that the fungus Metarhizium robertsii removes mercury from the soil around plant roots, and from fresh and saltwater, and have genetically engineered the fungus to amplify its mercury detoxifying effects.
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NewsHumps and bumps provide home for microbes jumpstarting soil formation in glacial moraine
Scientists have discovered how topographical irregularities in barren substrates exposed by a melting Himalayan glacier are driving the formation of a variety of pioneering microbial communities that will pave the way for soil formation.
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NewsBacteria team with catalysts to recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals
A combination of chemical catalysts and engineered bacteria has been used to convert a mix of common plastic rubbish into a useful product.
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FeaturesThe impact of rising seawater levels and subsequent flooding on microbial communities
Anthropogenic induced climate change has raised global sea levels and caused an amplification of coastal flooding events.
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FeaturesMastitis and microbiomes – a quandary
The microbiome concept has altered the way we perceive the relationship between microbes and their hosts.
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Long ReadsFood, medicine and bioremediation: fungus is the future
The answers to most of our current and future problems could lie beneath our feet in undiscovered soil fungi, in pristine forests and woodlands or in our global banks of discovered fungi.
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FeaturesHiding in plain sight: the elusive candidate phyla radiation
The candidate phyla radiation is a diverse group of uncultured bacterial lineages with poorly understood metabolic functions.
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FeaturesCan organic soil management practices limit the survival of foodborne pathogens?
Responding to recent food-safety regulations and pressure from the produce industry, fresh-produce growers have altered farming practices to mitigate the risks associated with foodborne pathogens.
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FeaturesLooking to the future: vertical farms & food safety
Understanding and advancing food safety is critically important to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with foodborne disease.
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FeaturesReviving bioremediation options and sustainability: microbial-enhanced biochar opportunities
There has been an increasing drive towards more sustainable treatment-based solutions for contaminated land management as opposed to removal or containment actions.
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FeaturesRubbish microbiology: filming the secret life of landfill
Could we potentially identify microbes to help us break down our waste more efficiently?
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FeaturesJohn Innes Centre: much more than compost
The John Innes Centre (JIC) is probably most famous for John Innes compost, but a lot more goes on there.
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FeaturesThe soil crisis: the pivotal role of microbes in this global health problem
Soil is the thin, fragile, non-renewable skin of the planet and home to our terrestrial biosphere.
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FeaturesUnder the microscope: phage ecology
Recent advances in technology and culturing methods have led to the belief that phage are the most abundant biological system worldwide.
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FeaturesThe hidden symbiosis between blueberries and ericoid mycorrhizal fungus
Wild blueberries are known to form a unique, specialised symbiosis with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi.. Estimated to date back to 117 million years, this type of mycorrhizal symbiosis is the most recent to have evolved