The importance of understanding microbe-plant interactions is becoming ever more important with the growing need for more sustainable agriculture and for understanding global nutrient cycling. Lab and field studies have historically focused on simple lab consortia or complex natural microbiomes. In these approaches, there exists numerous challenges, specifically in the […]
Suzanne Kosina
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An intriguing discussion on the use of metagenomics and metabolomics in development of sustainable fuels at Lawrence Berkeley Lab
The role that pharmaceutical antibiotics play within the producing organism has remained a largely unexplored field as the research focus has mainly revolved around high production for therapeutic use. Evidence exists to suggest that, at low levels, these “antibiotics” may actually act as signaling or regulatory molecules within or between cells. Julian Davies, a […]