We need to stop treating soil like dirt
Soil is the most important natural resource we have and we are losing it at an alarming rate through degradation, erosion and desertification - much quicker than we can replace it
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News Detoxification enzyme discovery could be used to target major crop contaminant
Researchers have used transcriptome analysis, virus-induced gene silencing and biochemical assays, to isolate genes encoding a detoxification enzyme found in cotton, with potential for toxin degradation, crop engineering and design of novel aromatics
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News Dramatic transition in Streptomyces life cycle explained in new discovery
A new study using the model species Streptomyces venezuelae has shown that c-di-GMP intervenes later in development to control the differentiation of the reproductive hyphae into spores
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News Key role for calcium release in root development
A study by researchers at the John Innes Centre has discovered that calcium plays a key role in primary root development
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Blog A – Z Microbial Science
Microbial science may look at the microscopic, but the breadth of microbial research being done here at the John Innes Centre is massive, so here’s an A-Z covering some of it
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24 OctEvent ELSA Workshop; Plant-Microbe interactions
ELSA Workshop on Plant-Microbe Interactions on Thursday 24 October at the John Innes Centre Conference Centre
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News Antibiotic resistance – take action now before it’s too late
One of the biggest global challenges of the 21st century has brought members of the international research community together to assess the next steps for research
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News The proteins that maintain formicamycin biosynthesis fidelity
What if, under certain environmental conditions, production of these molecules gave a selection advantage to Streptomyces formicae: could the organism adapt (evolve) rapidly, maybe even through a single mutation, to produce much higher levels of the formicapyridines?
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Blog Meet the Molecules; Fasamycin and Formicamycin
Detailed exploration of ant nests in the thorny acacia trees in Kenya have revealed a new species of bacteria called, Streptomyces formicae KY5
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