Article
Soil Science
Zhibin Guo, Chang-An Liu, Keke Hua, Daozhong Wang, Shuixia Wan, Chuanlong He, Linchuan Zhan
Summary: This study investigates the impact of different cropland management systems on microbial diversity in soil during the transition period from winter to summer. The results show that bacteria and fungi respond differently to seasonal changes, and the changes in diversity between treatments do not sync with each other. The complex interaction between land management and sampling time affects bacterial diversity more than fungal diversity. It is suggested that assessing fungal diversity between management practices can be done without considering temporal variation.
Article
Ecology
Florian Caillon, Katharina Besemer, Peter Peduzzi, Jakob Schelker
Summary: Flood events are recognized as important occasions for the transfer of soil microbes to stream ecosystems, affecting bacterial community composition and diversity. Soil inoculation during high flow events in pre-alpine streams and the Oberer Seebach alters stream bacterial community composition, with higher bacterial diversity observed during high flow in headwater streams.
Article
Ecology
Rodolfo Bizarria Jr, Tatiane de Castro Pietrobon, Andre Rodrigues
Summary: Yeast diversity in attine ant environments was assessed by sampling fungus gardens across different fungiculture systems. Taxonomically unique and diverse yeast communities were found in the fungus gardens of all ants examined. Different ant colonies and fungiculture systems harbored distinct yeast communities. Killer yeasts were also identified, exhibiting a classical inhibition pattern. These findings highlight the importance of studying yeast diversity and ecology in attine ant fungus gardens.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maelle Deshoux, Sophie Sadet-Bourgeteau, Solene Gentil, Nicolas Chemidlin Prevosr-Boure
Summary: Changes in soil microbial communities may have significant implications for soil fertility and stability. Studies on the effects of biochar on soil microbial communities have shown a high degree of variability, highlighting the need for further research on the production and application conditions of biochar.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Yanqing Guo, Hui Luo, Li Wang, Mingying Xu, Yongshan Wan, Minxia Chou, Peng Shi, Gehong Wei
Summary: The study revealed that soil multifunctionality and microbial communities play a crucial role in regulating the dynamics of the peanut stem rot pathogen, Athelia rolfsii, providing insights into the relationships between soil factors, pathogen dynamics, and plant health.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Agata Borowik, Jadwiga Wyszkowska, Magdalena Zaborowska, Jan Kucharski
Summary: The study found that pyrethroids have adverse effects on soil microorganisms and enzymatic activity, but the cultivation of maize can mitigate these effects. Pyrethroids stimulate the growth of organotrophic bacteria and actinomycetes, inhibit fungal growth, and reduce soil enzymatic activity. Cultivating maize improves soil enzymatic activity and microbial community, alleviating the impact of pyrethroids on soil biota.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Dan-Dan Wang, Wen Zhao, Mumin Reyila, Kai-Chuan Huang, Shun Liu, Bao-Kai Cui
Summary: Soil microorganisms play a crucial role in the ecosystem of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica, a commonly planted afforestation species in the sandy regions of northern China. By analyzing soil samples from a large spatial scale, it was found that the diversity of bacteria and fungi varied significantly. Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, and Acidobacteria were the dominant phyla of bacteria, while Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were the dominant phyla of fungi. Temperature, precipitation, total nitrogen, soil organic carbon, and pH were identified as the main factors driving the changes in bacterial and fungal communities.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
J. Y. Zheng, L. Wang, J. S. Zhao, Y. H. Niu, H. B. Xiao, Z. Wang, S. X. Yu, Z. H. Shi
Summary: Soil organic carbon (SOC) is closely related to microbial properties such as enzyme activities and microbial communities, and different soil aggregates have varying levels of SOC and microbial content. Increasing orchard age promotes C cycling by enhancing aggregate-associated enzyme activities and changing microbial community composition, with greater SOC accumulation in macroaggregates (>0.25 mm) compared to microaggregates (<0.25 mm).
Article
Agronomy
Minchong Shen, Jiangang Li, Yuanhua Dong, Zhengkun Zhang, Yu Zhao, Qiyun Li, Keke Dang, Junwei Peng, Hong Liu
Summary: The study found that different microbial inoculants have varying effects on bacterial communities in maize rhizosphere soil under three nitrogen application rates, with inoculant M showing unique effects in reducing OTU numbers. By increasing beneficial bacteria and decreasing detrimental factors, inoculant M exhibits better ability in regulating bacterial communities compared to the other two inoculants.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liujian Ye, Xiaohu Wang, Shengbo Wei, Qixia Zhu, Shuang He, Liqin Zhou
Summary: The banana-growing rhizosphere soil ecosystem is complex, but healthy banana rhizosphere soil has stable micro-ecology and metabolic characteristics. The interactions between bacteria and fungi in banana rhizosphere soil are more complex, and the correlation between fungi and metabolites is more complex. The microorganisms in healthy banana rhizosphere soil have mutually beneficial relationships.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Waqar Islam, Hafiz Sohaib Ahmad Saqib, Muhammad Adnan, Zhenyu Wang, Muhammad Tayyab, Zhiqun Huang, Han Y. H. Chen
Summary: The study investigated the community assembly of soil biota across different stand ages of Chinese fir plantations in South China. Results showed a decrease in alpha diversity of most biotic communities with increasing soil depth, except for archaea. The vertical distribution of biotic communities was correlated with variations in soil physiochemical properties, with TN, AP, and pH being the most influential factors.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Stefano Mocali, Antonio Gelsomino, Paolo Nannipieri, Roberta Pastorelli, Laura Giagnoni, Beatrix Petrovicova, Giancarlo Renella
Summary: Soil microorganisms play a key role in soil biochemical processes, but their resilience after extreme environmental change is largely unknown. This study investigated the structural and functional responses of microbial communities during recolonization of heat-sterilized forest soils. The results showed rapid changes in enzymatic activity, microbial structure, and catabolic activity during the incubation period. The physicochemical properties of the original soils influenced soil functional diversity, and reinoculation of sterilized soils had a greater impact on bacterial communities than fungal communities.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Sara Correa-Garcia, Karelle Rheault, Julien Tremblay, Armand Seguin, Etienne Yergeau
Summary: Soil microbial diversity plays a crucial role in the outcome of rhizoremediation, with balsam poplars enhancing phenanthrene degradation in forest soil but not in agricultural soil. Fungal communities were mainly affected by plant presence, while bacterial communities were principally influenced by soil type, leading to different degradation patterns between the two soil types.
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jiaojiao Deng, Wangming Zhou, Limin Dai, Quan Yuan, Li Zhou, Lin Qi, Dapao Yu
Summary: The study demonstrated that shrub removal significantly altered soil properties and microbial communities, with soil characteristics and understory plant diversity playing a significant role in shaping the microbial community composition.
Article
Agronomy
Zhiyuan Wei, Quanchao Zeng, Wenfeng Tan
Summary: The study found that cover cropping positively affected mango fruit yields and quality, increasing soil fungal diversity while not significantly impacting bacterial diversity. Additionally, it was discovered that soil nitrogen levels influenced the relative abundance of both bacterial and fungal taxa.
Article
Ecology
Eleonora Egidi, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Miguel Berdugo, Emilio Guirado, Davide Albanese, Brajesh K. Singh, Claudia Coleine
Summary: Increases in aridity negatively impact fungal community composition. The most important environmental factors driving community shifts are UV index, climate seasonality, and sand content. Increases in UV and temperature seasonality are associated with higher probability of plant pathogen and saprotroph occurrence, while these factors have a negative relationship with litter and soil saprotroph richness. These findings highlight the sensitivity of fungal groups in drylands to shifts in UV radiation and climate seasonality.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Kunkun Fan, Haiyan Chu, David J. J. Eldridge, Juan J. J. Gaitan, Yu-Rong Liu, Blessing Sokoya, Jun-Tao Wang, Hang-Wei Hu, Ji-Zheng He, Wei Sun, Haiying Cui, Fernando D. D. Alfaro, Sebastian Abades, Felipe Bastida, Marta Diaz-Lopez, Adebola R. R. Bamigboye, Miguel Berdugo, Jose L. Blanco-Pastor, Tine Grebenc, Jorge Duran, Javier G. G. Illan, Thulani P. P. Makhalanyane, Arpan Mukherjee, Tina U. U. Nahberger, Gabriel F. F. Penaloza-Bojaca, Cesar Plaza, Jay Prakash Verma, Ana Rey, Alexandra Rodriguez, Christina Siebe, Alberto L. L. Teixido, Pankaj Trivedi, Ling Wang, Jianyong Wang, Tianxue Yang, Xin-Quan Zhou, Xiaobing Zhou, Eli Zaady, Leho Tedersoo, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Summary: In urban greenspaces, soil biodiversity is positively correlated with multiple ecosystem functions, while plant diversity indirectly influences multifunctionality. Conserving soil biodiversity is crucial for supporting multiple dimensions of ecosystem functioning in urban ecosystems.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Paula Lopezosa, Miguel Berdugo, Jimmy Morales-Marquez, Estrella Pastor, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Andreu Bonet, Juntao Wang, Brajesh K. Singh, Santiago Soliveres
Summary: Soil biota plays crucial roles in nutrient cycling and climate regulation, and contributes significantly to global biodiversity. However, little is known about how soil biota responds to habitat fragmentation and degradation. In this study, we investigated the response of different soil trophic groups to changes in habitat derived from forest management and tree die-off in a Mediterranean ecosystem.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Hongwei Liu, Juntao Wang, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Haiyang Zhang, Jiayu Li, Brajesh K. Singh
Summary: This study provides evidence that soil-borne pathogens disrupt plant microbiomes and affect the plant's immune response to pathogens.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jinsong Liang, Huan Lin, Brajesh Singh, Aijie Wang, Zhenzhen Yan
Summary: This study investigates antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in biofilters of drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) and finds that the source water types significantly influence the ARGs abundance. Although the ARGs abundance is higher in surface water biofilters compared to groundwater biofilters, the risk pattern of ARGs is similar in both. Additionally, two antibiotics biosynthesis pathways are found to be positively correlated with several ARG types, indicating their potential roles in the ecological genesis of ARGs.
Article
Ecology
Jianwei Zhang, Youzhi Feng, Fernando T. Maestre, Miguel Berdugo, Juntao Wang, Claudia Coleine, Tadeo Saez-Sandino, Laura Garcia-Velazquez, Brajesh K. Singh, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Summary: Based on a global field survey of 383 sites with different climatic and vegetation conditions, this study reveals that soil biodiversity and functions exhibit pervasive nonlinear behaviors worldwide, predominantly regulated by water availability. Changes in water availability have significant impacts on soil biodiversity (bacteria, fungi, protists, and invertebrates) and soil functions including plant-microbe interactions, plant productivity, soil biogeochemical cycles, and soil carbon sequestration. This study suggests that crossing specific water availability thresholds can have critical consequences for the provision of essential ecosystem services needed to sustain our planet.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tingting Ren, Jiahui Liao, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Juanping Ni, Yuanyuan Li, Long Jin, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Biochar and biogas-slurry inputs significantly enhance the accumulation of soil particulate organic carbon (POC) and total soil organic carbon (SOC).
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Weiqiang Dou, Bo Xiao, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Daniel Revillini, Giora J. Kidron
Summary: Biocrusts are important components in drylands, supporting soil microbial diversity and carbon stocks. Nitrogen fertilization can indirectly promote soil respiration and carbon losses by increasing microbial richness and diversity, highlighting the need to mitigate land degradation and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition to maintain healthy dryland ecosystems and carbon storage.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tao Wen, Penghao Xie, Hongwei Liu, Ting Liu, Mengli Zhao, Shengdie Yang, Guoqing Niu, Lauren Hale, Brajesh K. Singh, George A. Kowalchuk, Qirong Shen, Jun Yuan
Summary: Prebiotics are compounds that selectively stimulate beneficial microorganisms and can be used to manage human gut health. In this study, the authors identify metabolites from the rhizosphere soil that can be used as prebiotics to protect tomato and other Solanaceae crops from pathogen invasion. The application of these prebiotics also enriches the rhizosphere soil microbiome and enhances pathways related to carbon metabolism and autotoxin degradation.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Yuanyuan Bao, Yan Ma, Wenjing Liu, Xin Li, Yonghui Li, Peng Zhou, Youzhi Feng, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Summary: Artificial lights play a significant role in the conservation and visiting of cultural relics. This study conducted a two-year in situ experiment to evaluate the impacts of different artificial light wavelengths on the phototrophic microbiome of a Chinese imperial mausoleum. The results showed that green light can reduce the abundance of phototrophic bacteria and their organic acid production, thus contributing to long-term preservation.
NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES
(2023)
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
Environmental Sciences
Cuiting Wang, Yuan Sun, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Jingyan Yang, Guobing Wang, Yuwei Liu, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Droughts, intensified by climate change, have significant impacts on forest production. This study conducted a drought experiment in a poplar plantation in China and found that drought affected both aboveground and fine root production. Fine root production was more sensitive to drought stress compared to aboveground production.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Federico Biagioli, Claudia Coleine, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Youzhi Feng, Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez, Laura Selbmann
Summary: This study reanalyzed bacterial and fungal communities of caves worldwide and found that outdoor temperature and rainfall are critical factors in explaining differences in microbial diversity patterns. The study also highlights the opposite preferences of fungal and bacterial diversity in different climatic regions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Haoran He, Jingxiong Zhou, Yunqiang Wang, Shuo Jiao, Xun Qian, Yurong Liu, Ji Liu, Ji Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Albert C. Brangari, Li Chen, Yongxing Cui, Haibo Pan, Renmao Tian, Yuting Liang, Wenfeng Tan, Raul Ochoa-Hueso, Linchuan Fang
Summary: This study investigated microbial communities in the semi-arid forest ecosystems of China's Loess Plateau. It was found that the diversity of deep soil microbiota is influenced by aridity, but their functional potential remains relatively stable. The study also highlighted the importance of considering soil depth and moisture in understanding dryland ecosystems under future climate scenarios.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Maria Dolores Carmona-Yanez, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Xin Jing, Yahya Kooch, Pablo Garrido Gallego, Pedro Antonio Plaza-Alvarez, Guiyao Zhou, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Summary: This study compares the ecosystem structure, properties and functions of four types of forests in Central-Eastern Spain to understand how ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) is influenced by forest management and stand composition in Mediterranean forests. The results show that forest management primarily affects EMF, leading to a decrease in managed stands compared to unmanaged forests.
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
(2023)
