Post-transcriptional RNA modifications, such as N6-methyladenosine (m6A), 5-methylcytosine (m5C), and pseudouridine (Ψ), are critical regulators of pl…

AbstractMotivation. Changes in poly(A) tail length were identified as a key post-transcriptional mechanism that controls protein synthesis. The length of t

Liverworts, as early-diverging land plants, host unique and ecologically important microbiomes, yet remain largely understudied in microbial ecology. In this study, we investigated the taxonomic and functional composition of microbial communities associated with Riccia sorocarpa, focusing on the thallus and adjacent rhizosphere soil. Using nanopore sequencing and metagenomic analysis, we reveal a significantly higher microbial diversity and functional specialization in the thallus microbiome compared to soil. Despite a shared core microbiota, specific bacterial and fungal taxa are selectively enriched in the thallus, likely driven by host-derived factors. Functional profiling highlights an overrepresentation of nitrogen and sulfur cycling, phototrophy, and plant-associated pathways in the thallus, whereas soil communities are dominated by heterotrophic decomposition processes. These findings support the concept of R. sorocarpa as a holobiont and emphasize the ecological and biotechnological potential of liverwort-associated microbiomes. Our results provide new insights into plant-microbe interactions in early land plants and their roles in ecosystem function and resilience.

Background Synonymous codon usage bias, a significant factor in gene expression and genome evolution, was extensively studied in genomics and molecular biology. Although the genetic code is universal,...

Robinson et al. identify pathogenic Pseudomonas viridiflava in wild Marchantia polymorpha liverworts and interrogate the mechanisms enabling virulence in non-flowering and flowering plants. Their resu...

Plant diversity and synthetic biology offer solutions to the global challenge of crop protection Non-flowering plants such as liverworts, mosses, and ferns belong to divergent lineages with ancient…

Academic publishers’ most valuable asset used to be their journals. Now, it’s the data they collect from researchers and then sell. That is extremely concerning, a growing group of Groningen researche...

The genus Riccia is the most speciose of the Marchantiopsida, the complex thalloid liverworts. In contrast to the predicted ancestral liverwort and the majority of extant liverworts that are dioicou...

Scientific Data - Chromosome-scale telomere to telomere genome assembly of common crystalwort (Riccia sorocarpa Bisch.)

Scientific Reports - Reproductive and persistence strategy of the liverwort Arnellia fennica after the last glaciation in the area of disjunction in Central Europe (Polish Tatra Mountains,...

Transgenic expression of a double-stranded RNA in plants can induce silencing of homologous mRNAs in fungal pathogens. Although such host-induced g...

Breaking paradigms: Finding 6mA DNA methylation in eukaryotes.