Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaogai Ge, Cunguo Wang, Lingling Wang, Benzhi Zhou, Yonghui Cao, Wenfa Xiao, Mai-He Li
Summary: Drought significantly affects litter quantity, quality, soil microbial and enzyme activities, and soil nutrients in subtropical bamboo forests. Increasing drought events can reduce litterfall and alter soil microbial composition, leading to decreased litter decomposition rate and soil nutrient availability.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Li Ji, Martin Schadler, Yu-Ting Wu, Chakriya Sansupa, Benjawan Tanunchai, Francois Buscot, Witoon Purahong
Summary: This study investigates the decomposition of wheat straw under future climate conditions and reveals that future climate will accelerate the decay rate of straw only in the early phases of decomposition. It also shows that the projected climate change will increase the abundance of saprotrophic fungi in decomposing wheat straw, and that the impact of future climate on microbial community assembly and interaction networks will depend on the decomposition phase. The study concludes that the impact of future climate on straw decay and microbial traits is limited to the early phases of decomposition.
Review
Microbiology
Laurent Philippot, Bryan S. Griffiths, Silke Langenheder
Summary: The ability of ecosystems to withstand disturbances and recover their functions is increasingly tested under global environmental change. Microorganisms play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning, and understanding how they respond to multiple disturbances is essential for predicting ecosystem resilience.
MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Weina Wang, Huanjun Liu, Lifei Chen, Kadri Koorem, Yingchao Hu, Liang-Jun Hu
Summary: This study examined the effects of natural restoration on the soil microbial community in a sodic-saline grassland in China. The results showed that natural restoration significantly improved the salinization of the grassland and altered the microbial community structure. However, the effects on bacterial and fungal abundance and diversity were different. Bacterial diversity did not change significantly, while fungal diversity increased in the topsoil. Model-selection analysis further confirmed that the changes in soil microbial structure were related to the adaptation of bacteria to improved soil salinity and fungi to improved soil fertility.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lixia Wang, Dongzhou Deng, Qiuhong Feng, Zhengjingru Xu, Hongli Pan, Huichao Li
Summary: The study revealed that the impact of litter input on soil microbial communities and their function is more pronounced in high-density forest stands. Responses of soil dissolved organic carbon and total nitrogen to litter input were more significant in high-density forest stands, while enzymatic activity was more strongly inhibited in low-density forest stands.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yasser Almoghathawi, Shokri Selim, Kash Barker
Summary: This paper addresses the restoration of interdependent networks from a community structures perspective, and develops an optimization model to enhance the resilience of infrastructure networks.
RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yifei Sun, Chengyuan Tao, Xuhui Deng, Hongjun Liu, Zongzhuan Shen, Yaxuan Liu, Rong Li, Qirong Shen, Stefan Geisen
Summary: The soil bacterial microbiome plays a crucial role in ecosystem functioning. Organic fertilization can enhance the resistance and resilience of bacterial communities in extreme drought and subsequent rewetting compared to conventional fertilizers. This study indicates that organic fertilization can enhance the stability of the soil microbiome and ensure the recovery of specific bacterial-driven ecosystem functions after rewetting.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yina Ma, Lei Zu, Fayu Long, Xiaofan Yang, Shixiong Wang, Qing Zhang, Yuejun He, Danmei Chen, Mingzhen Sui, Guangqi Zhang, Lipeng Zang, Qingfu Liu
Summary: This study investigated the changes in soil microbial communities in artificially restored mobile sandy lands in the Mu Us Desert. The results showed that the diversity of soil microorganisms significantly increased with the restoration period and was positively correlated with soil nutrient indexes. Key soil fungal and bacterial phyla played important roles in nutrient cycling in degraded ecosystems.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sylvie Estrela, Jean C. C. Vila, Nanxi Lu, Djordje Bajic, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Chang -Yu Chang, Joshua E. Goldford, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga, Alvaro Sanchez
Summary: The study found that family-level convergence in microbial communities reflects a reproducible metabolic organization, while taxonomic divergence among replicate communities arises from multistability in population dynamics. Multistability can lead to alternative functional states in closed ecosystems but not in metacommunities.
Article
Ecology
Masoud M. Ardestani, Ondrej Mudrak, Jakub Vicena, Daquan Sun, Hana Vesela, Jan Frouz
Summary: Soil properties and soil microbial communities have a significant impact on plant communities, especially in disturbed ecosystems. The study found that the preserved meadow microbial inoculum had a positive effect on the biomass of certain meadow specialist plants, while the restored meadow inoculum had a negative effect. These findings have important implications for the conservation and restoration of ecosystems.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yanxing Dou, Jiaojiao Liao, Shaoshan An
Summary: This study investigated the interactions between different soil organic carbon fractions and microbial communities after vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau. The results showed that the composition and structure of microbial communities varied among different land use types, and the changes in microbial communities were mainly driven by labile organic carbon content. These findings are important for predicting microbial community variations and improving predictive models for soil degradation indicators.
Article
Ecology
Nianxun Xi, Dongxia Chen, Wei Liu, Juliette M. G. Bloor
Summary: Biodiversity loss and drought significantly impact above- and below-ground terrestrial ecosystem functioning. This study examines the effects of plant diversity on the drought resistance of soil microbial biomass. The results show that plant species richness positively influences microbial resistance to drought, with fungal community properties and root biomass playing important roles. These findings emphasize the importance of plant diversity for microbial biomass stability and have implications for biogeochemical cycling.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiahui Zhu, Shiqi Liu, Huiqian Wang, Dongru Wang, Yuting Zhu, Jiawei Wang, Yuan He, Qiuping Zheng, Xinhua Zhan
Summary: The presence of microplastics in terrestrial systems has been proven by many studies. This study investigated the influence of different types of microplastics on the bacterial communities in rhizosphere soil. The results showed that the microplastics had varying effects on the alpha diversities of the microbiota, and different types of microplastics may have different biodegradation pathways. Additionally, the microplastics had different impacts on the functional categories of the bacterial communities.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Jiao Zhao, Jing Ma, Yongjun Yang, Haochen Yu, Shaoliang Zhang, Fu Chen
Summary: The study found that different vegetation reconstruction modes influence the microbial community structure and function in mining soil, with soil organic matter, total nitrogen, and nitrate-nitrogen content positively correlated with fungal community richness.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xiaocui Wen, Jiawei Zhou, Siyan Zheng, Zhangwei Yang, Zheng Lu, Xueqin Jiang, Lingzhi Zhao, Bo Yan, Xiaofan Yang, Tao Chen
Summary: This study investigated the HMs contamination and microbial community dynamics during a three-year revegetation of production Pb-Zn tailings in northern Guangdong province, China. The results showed that prolonged tailings stockpiling exacerbated Pb contamination, but revegetation effectively alleviated Pb. Pseudomonas emerged as a potential Pb remediator during the revegetation process.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
C. Beraud, F. Piola, J. Gervaix, G. Meiffren, C. Creuze des Chatelliers, A. Delort, C. Boisselet, S. Poussineau, E. Lacroix, A. A. M. Cantarel
Summary: This study investigated the soil factors influencing the development of biological denitrification inhibition (BDI) and found that initial soil moisture, ammonium concentration, and the initial abundance of certain microbial genes play significant roles in BDI development. Additionally, the research highlighted the relevance of biotic factors in explaining BDI and proposed the use of procyanidin concentration from plant belowground system as a new proxy for measuring BDI intensity.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Yizhu Qiao, Tingting Wang, Qiwei Huang, Hanyue Guo, He Zhang, Qicheng Xu, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling
Summary: Soil microbial community coalescence, the mixing and interaction of microbial communities, has been found to enhance the stability and complexity of rhizobacterial networks, leading to improved plant health and biomass. This study investigated the effects of different degrees of bacterial community coalescence on plant disease resistance by mixing soils from healthy and diseased habitats for watermelon planting. The results showed that mixing in more healthy soil reduced the plant disease index and increased biomass by improving the stability and complexity of the rhizobacterial network. Core taxa Nitrospirillum and Singulisphaera were enriched in the rhizosphere from healthy soils and played important roles in disease suppression and regulating the positive cohesion and modularity of the networks. Overall, these findings provide insights into the potential mechanism of microbial community coalescence for improving plant microbial community function and suggest new tools for enhancing plant fitness via soil microbiota mixing.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Mengqiu He, Shending Chen, Lei Meng, Xiaoqian Dan, Wenjie Wang, Qinying Zhu, Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, Pierfrancesco Nardi, Christoph Mueller
Summary: Maize genotypes directly affect gene expression and nitrogen uptake capacity. The feedback between maize genotypes and soil nitrogen transformations, as well as their regulations on nitrogen uptake capacity, have been studied. The findings suggest that maize genotypes play a central role in regulating these feedbacks, which are important for maize breeding and enhancing maize production.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ke Shi, Jiahui Liao, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Zhengming Yan, Tingting Ren, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Through rewilding, microbial extracellular and cellular residues can continuously accumulate in soils and significantly contribute to soil organic carbon sequestration. Extracellular residues are mainly driven by fine root biomass, while cellular residues are mainly driven by soil nitrogen and organic carbon content.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Sensen Chen, Ying Teng, Yongming Luo, Eiko Kuramae, Wenjie Ren
Summary: This study comprehensively assesses the effects of NMs on the soil microbiome through a global meta-analysis. The results reveal significant negative impacts of NMs on soil microbial diversity, biomass, activity, and function. Metal NMs, especially Ag NMs, have the most pronounced negative effects on various soil microbial community metrics.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Shareen K. D. Sanders, Gerard Martinez-De Leon, Ludovico Formenti, Madhav P. Thakur
Summary: Collembolans, the diverse group of soil invertebrates, are affected by anthropogenic climate warming, which alters their diversity and density. In addition to abiotic stressors, changes in food availability, specifically the abundance of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi, influence Collembola responses to climate warming. Collembolans prefer saprotrophic fungi but rely on mycorrhizal fungi when food sources are scarce. Understanding the mechanisms behind these dietary shifts in warm-dry and warm-wet soil conditions is crucial for predicting the impact of climate change on Collembola-fungal interactions.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Wimonsiri Pingthaisong, Sergey Blagodatsky, Patma Vityakon, Georg Cadisch
Summary: A study found that mixing high-C/N ratio rice straw with low-C/N ratio groundnut stover can improve the chemical composition of the input, stimulate microbial growth, decrease the loss of residue-derived carbon in the soil, and reduce native soil carbon and nitrogen consumption.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Jiachen Wang, Jie Zhao, Rong Yang, Xin Liu, Xuyuan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaoyong Chen, Wende Yan, Kelin Wang
Summary: Nitrogen is vital for ecosystem productivity, restoration, and succession processes. This study found that legume intercropping was more effective than chemical nitrogen fertilizers in promoting the complexity and stability of the soil micro-food web, as it increased microbial and nematode communities and enhanced energy flow patterns.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)