Establishing rates of lateral expansion of cyanobacterial biological soil crusts for optimal restoration

Biocrust moss populations differ in growth rates, stress response, and microbial associates

(2017) Kyle D. Doherty et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Bioaerosol generation by raindrops on soil

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Microbial Nursery Production of High-Quality Biological Soil Crust Biomass for Restoration of Degraded Dryland Soils

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Rapidly restoring biological soil crusts and ecosystem functions in a severely disturbed desert ecosystem

(2016) Lindsay P. Chiquoine et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Bacteria increase arid-land soil surface temperature through the production of sunscreens

(2016) Estelle Couradeau et al.   Nature Communications

Motility in cyanobacteria: polysaccharide tracks and Type IV pilus motors

(2015) Annegret Wilde et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The effect of sand grain size on the development of cyanobacterial biocrusts

(2014) Offer Rozenstein et al.   Aeolian Research

Dynamic cyanobacterial response to hydration and dehydration in a desert biological soil crust

(2013) Lara Rajeev et al.   ISME Journal

Temperature Drives the Continental-Scale Distribution of Key Microbes in Topsoil Communities

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The effect of biocrusts on evaporation from sand dunes in the Negev Desert

(2012) Giora J. Kidron et al.   GEODERMA

Patterns of diversity for fungal assemblages of biological soil crusts from the southwestern United States

(2012) Scott T. Bates et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen

(2012) Wolfgang Elbert et al.   Nature Geoscience

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Nitrogen cycling in desert biological soil crusts across biogeographic regions in the Southwestern United States

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Induction and Resuscitation of the Viable but Nonculturable State in a Cyanobacteria-Lysing Bacterium Isolated from Cyanobacterial Bloom

(2011) Huirong Chen et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Fungal communities of lichen-dominated biological soil crusts: Diversity, relative microbial biomass, and their relationship to disturbance and crust cover

(2010) Scott T. Bates et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Effect of biological soil crusts on soil elemental concentrations: implications for biogeochemistry and as traceable biosignatures of ancient life on land

(2009) H. BERALDI-CAMPESI et al.   Geobiology

The Evolution of a Capacity to Build Supra-Cellular Ropes Enabled Filamentous Cyanobacteria to Colonize Highly Erodible Substrates

(2009) Ferran Garcia-Pichel et al.   PLoS One

Archaeal populations in biological soil crusts from arid lands in North America

(2009) Tanya Soule et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Feasibility of cyanobacterial inoculation for biological soil crusts formation in desert area

(2008) Weibo Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY