Publications by authors named "J M Liber"
Through their expansive mycelium network, soil fungi alter the physical arrangement and chemical composition of their local environment. This can significantly impact bacterial distribution and nutrient transport and can play a dramatic role in shaping the rhizosphere around a developing plant. However, direct observation and quantitation of such behaviors is extremely difficult due to the opacity and complex porosity of the soil microenvironment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We examined the implementation and potential effectiveness of a school-based targeted prevention programme addressing behaviour problems, adapted for children with mild intellectual disabilities or borderline intellectual functioning.
Method: Thirteen children participated. The intervention was implemented in schools.
Article Synopsis
- Early-diverging Mucoromycota fungi, including mycorrhizal types and Mortierellaceae, contain Mollicutes-related endobacteria (MRE), which may have been inherited from a common ancestor or acquired after species separation.
- Researchers generated and analyzed complete genomes from MRE found in two genera, Linnemannia and Benniella, revealing them to be the smallest known fungal endosymbionts with genetic adaptations indicating a close relationship with their fungal hosts.
- The study suggests that MRE from Linnemannia and Benniella likely evolved independently after their fungal hosts diverged, contributing new insights into the evolution of these bacterial endosymbionts and their minimal genomes.
The aboveground parts of terrestrial plants are colonized by a variety of microbes that collectively constitute the phyllosphere microbiota. Decades of pioneering work using individual phyllosphere microbes, including commensals and pathogens, have provided foundational knowledge about how individual microbes adapt to the phyllosphere environment and their role in providing biological control against pathogens. Recent studies have revealed a more complete repertoire of phyllosphere microbiota across plant taxa and how plants respond to and regulate the level and composition of phyllosphere microbiota.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study examined mediation of a negative COVID-impact on the relationship between risk exposure, and life satisfaction and internalizing symptoms in youth (aged 9-18). Four operationalizations of risk exposure were applied; an Additive versus a Cumulative Risk Model (ARM and CRM), risk clusters and the most salient risk factors. Results showed that a stronger negative COVID-impact is related to lower life satisfaction, more internalizing symptoms and higher additive and cumulative risk.
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