Invasive knotweeds are large perennial herbs in the Polygonaceae in the genus Fallopia that are native to
Asia and invasive in North America. They include Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed), F. sachalinensis
(giant ...
Lim, Chee Kent; Penesyan, Anahit; Hassan, Karl A.; Loper, Joyce E.; Paulsen, Ian T.(American Society for Microbiology, 2013-02-22)
Tannins are a diverse group of plant-produced, polyphenolic compounds with metal-chelating and antimicrobial properties that are prevalent in many soils. Using transcriptomics, we determined that tannic acid, a form of h ...
WormBase, dictyBase and The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) are model organism databases containing information about Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes, the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum and rel ...
Hartney, Sierra L.; Mazurier, Sylvie; Girard, Maeva K.; Mehnaz, Samina; Davis, Edward W. II; Gross, Harald; Lemanceau, Philippe; Loper, Joyce E.(American Society for Microbiology, 2013-02)
The soil bacterium Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 (previously called P. fluorescens Pf-5) produces two siderophores, enantio-pyochelin and a compound in the large and diverse pyoverdine family. Using high-resolution mass spe ...
Escapa, Ignacio H.; Cuneo, Nestor R.; Rothwell, Gar; Stockey, Ruth A.(University of Chicago Press, 2013-03)
The discovery of 16 cylindrical conifer seed cones at the Estancia Vilan locality in the Late Jurassic Canadon Calcareo Formation of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina, provides anatomically preserved specimens, allow ...