Sentences with phrase «filamentous microbes»

By studying liverworts - which diverged from other land plants early in the history of plant evolution - researchers from the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge have found that the relationship between plants and filamentous microbes not only dates back millions of years, but that modern plants have maintained this ancient mechanism to accommodate and respond to microbial invaders.

Not exact matches

1 Athlete's foot fungus Trichophyton and Epidermophyton are filamentous, parasitic microbes that latch onto bare feet in communal showers.

Now, researchers working with one of these microbes — an orange, filamentous fungus known commonly as red bread mold — have discovered the genetic basis behind how their spores, or asexual reproductive units, communicate.

Despite this, with the exception of filamentous cyanobacteria, microbes have largely been overlooked in monitoring programs».

They found that the abundance of Th - 17 cells in the gut is tied to the presence of gut microbes called segmented filamentous bacteria.

These mats are likely composed of, among other bacteria, Chloroflexus, a filamentous photosynthetic microbe (yes, it produces energy from sunlight like plants do!)