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Little-known marine decomposers attract the attention of genome sequencers
Jun 29, 2009 |
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The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced today that they will sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes. These little-known marine species were selected for sequencing ...
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Why Is The Ground Brown
Apr 12, 2006 |
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Ecologists have long asked, Why is the world green? In other words, why aren't herbivores, such as insects and grazing animals, more successful at eating the world's green leaves, also known as plant biomass?
Salamanders, headwater streams critical in food chain
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Feb 22, 2008 |
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University of Missouri scientist Ray Semlitsch studies creatures most people don’t ever see. These creatures are active only at night and thrive in the shallow, cool, wet surroundings of headwater streams, an oft-overlooked ...
Decoding mushroom's secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels, safer soils
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Jul 17, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Warwick are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World’s most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation ...
The Evolution of Our Fungi Relatives
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Oct 19, 2006 |
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In the latest installment of a major international effort to probe the origins of species, a team of scientists has reconstructed the early evolution of fungi, the biological kingdom now believed to be animals' ...
Forests damaged by Hurricane Katrina become major carbon source
Nov 15, 2007 |
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Researchers led by biologist Jeffrey Chambers of Tulane University have determined that the losses inflicted by Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast forest trees are enough to cancel out a year’s worth of new tree ...
Elevated carbon dioxide changes soil microbe mix below plants
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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A detailed analysis of soil samples taken from a forest ecosystem with artificially elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) reveals distinct changes in the mix of microorganisms living in the soil below trembling ...
Researchers chirping over discovery of new cricket genus
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May 06, 2006 |
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A Northern Arizona University doctoral candidate and a National Park Service researcher have discovered a new genus of cave cricket.
Microbes compete with animals for food by making it stink
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Nov 01, 2006 |
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Microbes may compete with large animal scavengers by producing repugnant chemicals that deter higher species from consuming valuable food resources -- such as decaying meat, seeds and fruit, a new study suggests.
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