Sentences with phrase «released by fungi»

Salt compounds released by fungi and plants in the Amazon rainforest have an important role in the formation of rain clouds, reports research published in the journal Science.

Not exact matches

Dense growths of bacteria and fungi are found on the inner surface of these flexible toys, and a murky liquid will often be released when they are squeezed by a child.

The fungus consumes carbon compounds released by tree roots, says the UW - Madison associate professor of botany and bacteriology, and in return helps the roots absorb soil nutrients.

Fungi don't leave themselves to the whims of the wind when disseminating the spores they use to reproduce: Mushrooms create their own breeze by releasing moisture with the spores.

But the fungi that live on the plant roots might undo some of that extra work by releasing CO2 back into the atmosphere again.

After using the latest genome sequencing technologies to understand how rust fungi adapt to overcome resistance in crop varieties, scientists from the University of Minnesota, the USDA - ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, the Australian National University, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of Sydney are releasing results with two publications in mBio, a journal by the American Society of Microbiology.

Like many other fungi, Baker's yeast has mating receptors, proteins on its cell surface that detect pheromones released by potential partners.

Using high - speed videography and mathematical modeling of spore dispersal in commercially grown oyster and Shiitake mushrooms, Dressaire, Roper, and their students found that the fungi created their wind by releasing water vapor.

In a previous study, Duke University biologist Xinnian Dong and colleagues discovered that plants fend off potential fungal infections by boosting their defenses in the morning, when many fungi are likely to release their spores and launch an attack.

A «ZOMBIE» fungus that infects fruit flies may take control of them by releasing chemicals into their brains.

When storms, fires, or other disturbances kill a great number of trees, the dead biomass is decomposed by fungi, insects, and the like, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

When storms, fires, or other disturbances kill a great number of trees, the dead biomass is decomposed by fungi, insects, and the like, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Over 112 species of amphibians have vanished since 1980, the major reason being rising temperatures that have allowed the growth of a fungus that kills frogs by attacking their skin and teeth and releasing a poison.