Link to paper, which, WOW: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006352 …https://twitter.com/LeafyEricScott/status/1026981329223606272 …
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"Aerial root mucilage" hosting nitrogen fixing microbes is, quite honestly, a thing I'd have called a little far-fetched if I saw it on an episode of Star Trek https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006352 …pic.twitter.com/UlR28YXDae
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What is also cool is that this discovery looks to have been facilitated by metagenomics — I don't see, on a first quick look, any reporting of culturing. Just (1) the microbiota is enriched for taxa and genes involved in N fixation and (2) stable isotopes analysis showing uptake.
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Oh and (1a) evidence of active nitrogenase in the mucilage community
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Is the purpose of the mucin also to stop the roots drying out? Many strange plants also live on Kronos....most of them use humans as a nitrogen sourcepic.twitter.com/6EKC8maIF6
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That's insane looking! I'll never forget someone finding some weird round blob things in the water by boat dock at camp. The counselors didn't want to go near it, the kids were traumatized. I still wish I could go back in time & find out what that was.
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