Scientists find great diversity, novel molecules in microbiome of tree roots
Friday, October 26, 2018 - 05:50
in Biology & Nature
Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered that communities of microbes living in and around poplar tree roots are ten times more diverse than the human microbiome and produce a cornucopia of novel molecules that could be useful as antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs, or for agricultural applications.