• Forest Fungi, Seagrass, and a New View of Symbiosis

  • Jun 13 2024
  • Length: 27 mins
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  • Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas Auer discuss their work on communities of forest floor fungi. Allison Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen Serrano and Benjamin Cole explain their research on the symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots.

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    • Feature: Getting to the Bottom of Fungal Functions Across Earth’s Forests
    • Paper: Metatranscriptomics sheds light on the links between the functional traits of fungal guilds and ecological processes in forest soil ecosystems


    • Feature: Eelgrass proves to be much younger than we thought
    • Paper: Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina)
    • Paper: Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment


    • Feature: An Inside Look at How Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Cooperate
    • Paper: Spatial co-transcriptomics reveals discrete stages of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis


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