Slimy Container Films Act as a Chemical Beacon Drawing Egg-Laying Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
New research shows that microbial films called periphyton growing inside water containers attract egg-laying female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, revealing a ...
Tag: microbial communities
Reactor Design and pH Steer Microbes That Turn Xylose Into Valuable Carboxylates
A new study shows that pH, loading rate, and reactor configuration predictably steer mixed microbial communities fermenting xylose toward lactate, ...
Plateau Lakes Lock Phosphorus Away While Plain Lakes Leak It, Study Finds
A comparative study of China's YamdrokTso and Taihu lakes reveals that plateau sediments act as phosphorus sinks while plain lake ...
Plant Diversity, Not Microbes, Drives Soil Carbon Storage Along Mountain Slopes
A study along nearly 3,000 vertical meters of the Tianshan Mountains finds that plant diversity, acting through productivity rather than ...
Tiny River Microbes Leave a Measurable Mark on Carbon Dioxide in Taiwan’s Rugged Mountains
A new study of Taiwan's tectonically active Beinan River reveals that planktonic microbial metabolism measurably contributes to carbon dioxide fluxes, ...
Restoring Tibet’s Degraded Grasslands Rewrites the Genetic Recipe for Soil Carbon
A metagenomic study of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau grasslands shows that six years of active restoration boosts soil carbon, but the gains ...
Hidden Fungus Inside Ryegrass Rewrites the Microbial Map of Soil, Aggregate by Aggregate
A new study in Plant and Soil shows that the foliar fungus Epichloë festucae reshapes bacterial and fungal communities across ...
Halophyte Roots Rewrite Their Microbial Worlds as Soil Salt Shifts
A new study of halophytes in arid Northwest China shows that plant species create distinct salinity conditions around their roots ...
Volcanic Lakes on a Remote Atlantic Island Reveal How Microbes Steer Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A year-round study of three crater lakes on Flores Island in the Azores shows that microbial communities and seasonal lake ...
Machine Learning Designs Microbial Communities That Boost Tomato Growth and Heat Tolerance
Kyoto University researchers used machine learning to design a six-bacterium microbial community that significantly boosted tomato growth and high-temperature tolerance ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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