Sentences with phrase «with microscopic fungi»

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The newfound role of the soil microbiome — the collection of microscopic bacteria, fungi and archaea that interact with plant roots — represents a turning point for research aimed at understanding and predicting where important tree species will reside in the future.

The vast majority of fungi are microscopic with few orders producing visible mushrooms.

In 1996, soil microbiologist Sara Wright of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland, found that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi — a type of microscopic fungus that lives symbiotically with plant roots — oozes a sticky protein called glomalin.

Nor, researchers thought, can any other eukaryotes — the group of organisms we belong to along with other animals, plants, fungi, and various microscopic creatures.

Scientists from the BOREA Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems research unit (CNRS / MNHN / IRD / UPMC / University of Caen / Université des Antilles)-- together with a colleague from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany — have shown that Parisian street gutters are oases of microscopic life, home to microalgae, fungi, sponges, and mollusks [1].

Microscopic image showing the spores and hyphae of «friendly» arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus interacting with a plant root.

Teach about viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other microscopic monsters with a tactile twist.

For that reason, the examining veterinarian's clinical evaluation, as well as examination with a Wood's lamp (which «lights up» fungus on the fur) and microscopic examination of the cat's hairs, all need to be utilized along with either of the laboratory tests.