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Clear Labs, a leader in fully automated next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions, announced the launch of its newest innovation: an enhanced Clear Dxtm System with additional capabilities and the ...

Fungal genomics is a scientific discipline that concerns the genome, encompassing the entire hereditary information, of fungi. Fungal genomics can, for example, be used to study fungal evolution ...

Fungi with a necrotrophic phase are far more economically damaging ... The evolution of host generalism can thus be considered synonymous with evolution of niche breadth in a more abstract sense. For ...

Simply plant a segment of leaf into potting mix. CLARENCE: Trees and other land plants rely on soil microbes – such as mycorrhizal fungi – because the fungi helps the plants’ roots access ...

1 Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Budapest, Hungary 2 Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary The detection ...

But he found the fungi where no one believed they existed—Antarctica—and he says they're feasting on historic treasures—the wooden huts built a century ago by legendary British explorers ...

"Zombie spiders" and Darwin's HMS Beagle collection are among the fungi being digitally archived by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Kew's Fungarium, an archive beneath the west ...

We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries. One of the researchers behind that last doozy ...

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further enhanced this cooperation by forming a concurrent symbiosis with two ...

Scientists are raising concerns about the increasing spread of Aspergillus fungi, helped along by climate change and warmer temperatures. These types of fungus don't turn people into zombies, but they ...

Unlike many natural materials like cellulose or chitin, which often require chemical processing to become stronger or more durable, this new fungi-based material is entirely natural, with minimal ...