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Our knowledge of the microbiology of the phyllosphere, or the aerial parts of plants, has historically lagged behind our knowledge of the microbiology of the rhizosphere, or the below-ground habitat of plants, particularly with respect to fundamental questions such as which microorganisms are present...
There is accumulating evidence that the epidermis plays a load-bearing role in plant development [5], a bit like the cell wall for cell growth. In particular, in the aerial parts of plants, the epidermis often displays thicker cell walls, arguably to provide higher resistance to tension, and...
However, the halophytic C4 plant Distichlis spicata appears to be one of the few species on the planet that can thrive in this environment. Within this habitat it captures windblown sand leading to the formation of unique structures and the generation of above-ground phyllosphere soil. Using a...
The Venusian Lower Atmosphere Haze as a Depot for Desiccated Microbial Life: A Proposed Life Cycle for Persistence of the Venusian Aerial Biosphere Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, Peter Gao, William Bains, Noelle C. Bryan, Sukrit Ranjan, and ...
A special class of primary producers/consumers comprises marine animals containing microbes capable of fixing carbon from inorganic sources. Such symbiotic associations have frequently led to gigantism [76–80]. Most shell-bearing chemosymbiotic animals, which house methanotrophic and/or ...
What if there were microbes on the moon? Even if there was a tiny chance, wouldn’t it be worth taking careful measures to avoid the risk of an unknown and irreversible change to the biosphere? NASA, Congress, and various other federal agencies were apparently convinced to spend millions of...
23. Direct antimicrobial properties were revealed for VOC patterns of several fungi, such as mycoparasiticTrichodermaspp.24, endophyticMuscodor albus25, or non-pathogenicFusarium oxysporum26. Also, plant performance can directly be impaired as shown for fVOC blends emitted by the phytopathogens...
How does this population fit into a modern community of microbes, plants, and animals? And, most importantly of all, should we try to bring back extinct animals, even those that only recently departed this earth? In other words, when creating a “Pleistocene Park,” will we make something ...
7. A method of improving plant productivity comprising inoculating a plant with an effective quantity of the bacterial inoculant of claim 1. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the bacterial inoculant is sprayed on aerial plant parts. 9. The method of claim 7, wherein the bacterial inoculant...