The rhizosphere-on-a-chip offers an easier way to study a plant’s influence underground.
Researchers leverage viruses identified from worldwide environmental samples to expand knowledge of viral taxa and their role in tree microbiomes.
Biological production of acetone and isopropanol by gas fermentation captures more carbon than it releases.
Two new technologies allow scientists to edit specific species and genes within complex laboratory bacterial communities.
Microbial Cheaters and their Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Degrading pyrogenic (fire-affected) organic matter is an important ecosystem function of fungi in post-fire environments.
Scientists identify key features in microbes that predict how warming affects carbon dioxide emissions.
A few common bacteria use most of the carbon in soil
Bacteria collection opens new directions for research on cottonwoods, poplars, and other trees useful for biofuel and other applications.
Ecological assembly and source tracking models characterize the initial assembly of the poplar microbiome across plant-associated habitats.
Identification of an enzyme that microbes deploy in the presence of plants leads to discovery of candidate genes involved in root colonization.
An enzyme system frees sulfur from small organic compounds to make a surprising gaseous side product.
