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Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Biruk Feyissa, left, holds a five-month-old poplar tree expressing high levels of the BOOSTER gene, while former colleague Wellington Muchero holds a tree of the same age expressing lower levels of the gene.

Landmark Photosynthesis Gene Discovery Boosts Plant Growth, Advances Crop Science

A novel gene, BOOSTER, enhances plants’ photosynthesis efficiency and productivity.

Bacterial communities are naturally grouped together, forming a network of shared toxins and antitoxins.

Unlocking the Passcodes to Manipulate Natural Bacterial Communities

Analysis of bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems sheds new light on how microbes interact with other members of their communities.

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