Seed-microbiome interactions: Mechanistic insights and utilization toward seed performance for sustainable agriculture #review #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Mexican food scientist Raquel Gómez-Pliego works to improve the nutritional value of foods through microbial fermentation

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The ‘core microbiome’ of seagrass meadows – powerful global carbon sinks – has been mapped, revealing how these tiny partners support plant health, nutrient cycling & blue-carbon storage; and why they matter for climate resilience. Via Sydney Informatics Hub CRF.
See paper 👉https://bit.ly/49Eb2Vz

A recent article describes how "hydrothermal vents spurred by seismic activity feed vital nutrients to Antarctic microbes".

🧪 #Science #Biology #Ecology #Geology #Earth
Deep-sea earthquakes fuel huge plankton blooms in Antarctica
1- www.science.org/content/arti...
2- www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🍄 In our #PictureOfTheWeek, author and mycophile Maria Pinto examines Lanmaoa mushrooms she found in Northeastern woodlands. She's part of a community of Black foragers who, through gathering edible mushrooms, are connecting with the land—and each other.

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Lab’s first paper is out!! We show the first structures of #Asgard #chromatin by #cryo-EM 🧬❄️
Asgard histones form closed and open hypernucleosomes. Closed are conserved across #Archaea, while open resemble eukaryotic H3–H4 octasomes and are Asgard-specific. More here: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...