Weizmann Institute of Science When the going gets tough, we all need a helping hand, and trees are no different. Researchers in the Plant Sciences Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered that in drought conditions, cypresses get help from soil-beneficial bacteria in a kind of cooperation that enables them to survive and even flourish. "Our study might have supplied the best evidence so far that trees and bacteria can really coexist symbiotically," says Dr. Tamir Klein , head of the research team.

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