Article
Microbiology
Sulaimon Basiru, Mohamed Hijri
Summary: Interventions with commercial inoculants have the potential to reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture, but their indiscriminate deployment has raised questions on the unintended consequences of microbial invasion. This article examines the present framework used to define arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) invasion and offers perspectives on the steps needed to avoid negative impacts. It suggests strategies to reduce overdependence on introduced inoculants and recommends policies and regulations to monitor inoculant value chains.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xuehui Zhang, Junhong Bai, Zhongsheng Zhang, Tian Xie, Guangliang Zhang, Yue Liu, Guozhu Chen, Zhe Liu
Summary: Exotic plant invasion alters soil carbon transformation and microbial community diversity in coastal wetlands. The dissolved organic matter (DOM) compositions and their relationships with microbial communities change with increasing time since invasion. The findings provide a better understanding of labile carbon turnover in invaded wetlands.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Anthony Agostino, Narasinga Rao Hanumanth Rao, Sean Paul, Zijun Zhang, Greg Leslie, Pierre Le-Clech, Rita Henderson
Summary: Fluorescence spectroscopy is essential for qualitative and quantitative analysis of dissolved organic matter, but strict sampling protocols are necessary to maintain sample integrity. Research showed that fluorescence leachates from polymeric containers could contaminate samples, emphasizing the importance of avoiding plastics and using glass containers for storage.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bo Hu, Shanshan Hu, Jan Vymazal, Zhongbing Chen
Summary: The presence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) enhanced the tolerance of Glyceria maxima to ibuprofen (IBU) and diclofenac (DCF) stress in constructed wetlands, by promoting antioxidant enzyme activities and soluble protein content. The addition of adsorptive substrates increased the removal efficiencies of IBU and DCF, while AMF influenced their reduction based on different substrates. These findings suggest that AMF and adsorptive substrates can be useful in enhancing the removal of contaminants in constructed wetlands.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Zhiyong Zhu, Chengfeng Yu, Min Xu
Summary: This study examines the impact of plant invasion on bacterial and fungal communities in coastal wetlands. The results show that plant invasion significantly alters the total organic carbon, soil moisture, available phosphorus, and available potassium in the soil, which explains the variation within bacterial colonies. However, the impact on fungal colonies is less significant. Specific changes were observed in the composition and functional diversity of bacterial colonies before and after invasion. The genus Prevotellaceae_UCG_001 was significantly enriched after invasion. On the other hand, the fungal colonies exhibited changes in shape and functional abundance, but with reduced sensitivity to plant invasion.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Daniel Janowski, Tomasz Leski
Summary: This review provides an overview of the main factors influencing the spatial distribution of soil fungi, with a special focus on mycorrhizal fungi. It identifies soil properties, plant interactions, and dispersal vectors as the main drivers of soil fungal distribution. The review highlights the importance of soil pH and the presence of ectomycorrhizal plants in determining the distribution of mycorrhizal fungi.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mingxuan Liu, Xiaokun Han, Cong-Qiang Liu, Laodong Guo, Hu Ding, Yunchao Lang
Summary: This study investigated the binding characteristics of wetland DOM with Fe3+, Cu2+, Cr3+, Cd2+, and Zn2+ using different types of spectroscopy. The research revealed the preferences of different metals to bind with specific types of DOM through differential absorption spectra and fluorescence regional integration analysis, providing valuable insights into metal-DOM interactions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cheng Gao, Pierre-Emmanuel Courty, Nelle Varoquaux, Benjamin Cole, Liliam Montoya, Ling Xu, Elizabeth Purdom, John Vogel, Robert B. Hutmacher, Jeffery A. Dahlberg, Devin Coleman-Derr, Peggy G. Lemaux, John W. Taylor
Summary: The shifts in adaptive strategies during ecological succession are crucial to ecology, particularly in communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) mutualistic with sorghum. This study reveals the correlation between AMF species shift and sorghum genes involved in signaling, nutrient exchange, and water uptake. These findings provide new insights into AMF adaptive evolution and have implications for sustainable agriculture.
Article
Ecology
Liz Koziol, Thomas P. McKenna, Timothy E. Crews, James D. Bever
Summary: The restoration quality of native prairies can be enhanced by reintroducing key organisms such as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi from the native plant microbiome. This study evaluated the long-term effects of native mycorrhizal inoculation by assessing a restored tallgrass prairie after four growing seasons. The results showed that high densities of native mycorrhizal inocula improved native plant abundance, richness, and diversity, while low densities had no significant effect. Furthermore, low densities of mycorrhizal amendment were found to reduce non-native abundance, suggesting a positive plant-fungi feedback mechanism in suppressing weeds.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yonglin Zhong, Chengjin Chu, Jonathan A. Myers, Gregory S. Gilbert, James A. Lutz, Jonas Stillhard, Kai Zhu, Jill Thompson, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Fangliang He, Joseph A. LaManna, Stuart J. Davies, Kristina J. Aderson-Teixeira, David F. R. P. Burslem, Alfonso Alonso, Kuo-Jung Chao, Xugao Wang, Lianming Gao, David A. Orwig, Xue Yin, Xinghua Sui, Zhiyao Su, Iveren Abiem, Pulcherie Bissiengou, Norm Bourg, Nathalie Butt, Min Cao, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Wei-Chun Chao, Hazel Chapman, Yu-Yun Chen, David A. Coomes, Susan Cordell, Alexandre A. de Oliveira, Hu Du, Suqin Fang, Christian P. Giardina, Zhanqing Hao, Andrew Hector, Stephen P. Hubbell, David Janik, Patrick A. Jansen, Mingxi Jiang, Guangze Jin, David Kenfack, Kamil Kral, Andrew J. Larson, Buhang Li, Xiankun Li, Yide Li, Juyu Lian, Luxiang Lin, Feng Liu, Yankun Liu, Yu Liu, Fuchen Luan, Yahuang Luo, Keping Ma, Yadvinder Malhi, Sean M. McMahon, William McShea, Herve Memiaghe, Xiangcheng Mi, Mike Morecroft, Vojtech Novotny, Michael J. O'Brien, Jan den Ouden, Geoffrey G. Parker, Xiujuan Qiao, Haibao Ren, Glen Reynolds, Pavel Samonil, Weiguo Sang, Guochun Shen, Zhiqiang Shen, Guo-Zhang Michael Song, I-Fang Sun, Hui Tang, Songyan Tian, Amanda L. Uowolo, Maria Uriarte, Bin Wang, Xihua Wang, Youshi Wang, George D. Weiblen, Zhihong Wu, Nianxun Xi, Wusheng Xiang, Han Xu, Kun Xu, Wanhui Ye, Mingjian Yu, Fuping Zeng, Minhua Zhang, Yingming Zhang, Li Zhu, Jess K. Zimmerman
Summary: The study found that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) trees predominantly contribute to decreasing total beta-diversity, reducing turnover, and increasing nestedness with increasing latitude, while the wide distributions of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) trees do not generate strong compositional differences among localities. Environmental variables, especially temperature and precipitation, are strongly correlated with beta-diversity patterns for AM trees and all trees, rather than for EcM trees.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chikae Tatsumi, Takeshi Taniguchi, Fujio Hyodo, Sheng Du, Norikazu Yamanaka, Ryunosuke Tateno
Summary: This study investigates the effects of different mycorrhizal associations on organic matter quality, decomposition rates, and nitrogen availability. Results show that forest type has a greater impact on decomposition rates and nitrate content than organic matter quality.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chikae Tatsumi, Takeshi Taniguchi, Fujio Hyodo, Sheng Du, Norikazu Yamanaka, Ryunosuke Tateno
Summary: Forest mycorrhizal type is an important factor controlling carbon and nitrogen cycling. Ectomycorrhizal forests generally have lower nitrogen availability and higher soil carbon storage compared to arbuscular mycorrhizal forests. This study finds that forest type has a larger impact on decomposition rates and nitrogen availability than organic matter quality.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xingzi Zhou, Sarah Ellen Johnston, Matthew J. Bogard
Summary: This study investigates the cycling of effluent-derived dissolved organic matter (DOM) in a significant wetland complex in Canada. Optical analysis and modeling reveal a shift in DOM composition from bioavailable and protein-like at the input sites to aromatic and humic-like at the wetland outflow. Microbial incubations indicate rapid consumption of effluent DOM, with a longer half-life observed at the outflow. Long-term average dissolved organic carbon (DOC) export is relatively low, and the wetland functions as a net source of DOM, but this can shift depending on water residence time and DOM processing time.
Article
Plant Sciences
D. S. Mendez, J. Ramos-Zapata, H. Estrada-Medina, D. Carmona
Summary: The mutualistic relationship between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is affected by urbanization, with lower soil nutrient concentration reducing mycorrhizal colonization. However, there were no discernible differences in mycorrhizal fungi communities between urban and rural environments. The enrichment of phosphorus in sidewalks is the main driver of the reduction of interactions between Ruellia nudiflora and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yitong Li, Kang Xiao, Jianqing Du, Bingjun Han, Qiang Liu, Haishan Niu, Weishan Ren, Jihua Tan, Yanfen Wang
Summary: The study introduces fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (FEEM) as a fingerprinting tool for DOM in the headstream of a typical river in the Namco basin, allowing for sensitive detection of low-concentration pollutants and revealing variation of DOM along the river flow.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Marcela Bastidas Navarro, Luca Schenone, Nicolas Martyniuk, Evelyn Vega, Beatriz Modenutti, Esteban Balseiro
Summary: This study developed a model to predict bacterial C consumption and potential residual carbon accumulation, analyzing the contributions of DOM quality and phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations to the total carbon pool. By estimating model parameters using Bayesian methods in 59 different environments, the study confirmed the effectiveness of the model in predicting C accumulation.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Esteban Balseiro, Cecilia Laspoumaderes, Facundo Smufer, Laura Wolinski, Beatriz Modenutti
Summary: This study analyzed the interaction between short term temperature fluctuation and nutrient limitation in Daphnia commutata. Results showed that individuals grown under fluctuating temperatures had higher growth rates, and those grown at 10 degrees Celsius had higher phosphorus and RNA content. The findings suggest that temperature alternation can help alleviate the effect of severe nutrient limitation on population growth.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Luca Schenone, Beatriz Modenutti, Nicolas Martyniuk, Marcela Bastidas Navarro, Cecilia Laspoumaderes, Esteban Balseiro
Summary: Pelagic microbial food webs are structured by zooplankton through grazing and nutrient recycling, with cladocerans and copepods having contrasting effects on the microbial loop dynamics. Copepods favor higher phosphorus acquisition rates for cladocerans by releasing more phosphorus for picoplankton, while cladocerans have mixed effects on the main food items of copepods by altering the phosphorus quotas. The mechanistic model presented in this study can provide insights into key planktonic variables and complex pathways in the microbial food web.
FRESHWATER BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Nicolas Martyniuk, Maria Sol Souza, Marcela Bastidas Navarro, Esteban Balseiro, Beatriz Modenutti
Summary: This study analyzed the effect of tributary streams on the elemental limitation of the biofilm of a glacier-fed river. It found that the influence of tributary streams can cause changes in the relative availability of carbon and phosphorus, impacting the enzymatic activity of the biofilm. High enzymatic activity was associated with low nutrient fluxes in the stream water, and there was a shift from carbon limitation to phosphorus limitation along the river. Therefore, biofilm enzymatic activity is an important ecological indicator for analyzing the effects of glacier retreat on glacier-fed streams.
Article
Ecology
Maria N. Lescano, Carolina Quintero, Alejandro G. Farji-Brener, Esteban Balseiro
Summary: Enhanced soil nutrient availability brings plant carbon:nutrient ratio closer to the requirements of herbivores, benefiting their performance. However, excessive nutrient surplus can lead to poor plant quality and indirect costs for herbivores. This study explores the effects of soil nutrient enhancement on aphid performance and ant attraction, highlighting the importance of evaluating the ecological costs and benefits of increasing soil nutrient availability in mutualistic interactions.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Luca Schenone, Esteban Balseiro, Beatriz Modenutti
Summary: Mixotrophic protists exhibit different responses to light gradients due to their physiological differences (constitutive versus non-constitutive mixotrophy). Our modelling approach successfully represents the non-monotonic relationship between phototrophy, phagotrophy, and irradiance in these mixotrophs. These models can help understand how changing environmental conditions affect primary and secondary production in the planktonic microbial food web.
Article
Ecology
Cecilia Laspoumaderes, Cedric L. Meunier, Amaru Magnin, Johanna Berlinghof, James J. Elser, Esteban Balseiro, Gabriela Torres, Beatriz Modenutti, Nelly Tremblay, Maarten Boersma
Summary: In this study, we analyzed the thermal response of phosphorus requirements in different aquatic invertebrate ectotherms. We found that these organisms share a non-linear cubic thermal response, with phosphorus requirements decreasing at low to intermediate temperatures, increasing at higher temperatures, and decreasing again at excessive temperatures. This common thermal response is of great importance for understanding and predicting the impact of global warming and nutrient-driven eutrophication on ectotherm communities.
Article
Ecology
Beatriz Modenutti, Nicolas Martyniuk, Marcela Bastidas Navarro, Esteban Balseiro
Summary: We analyzed the bacterial community composition and ecological processes in three deep lakes receiving glacial meltwater in North-Patagonia, Argentina. Glacial connectivity and turbidity due to glacial particles differed among the lakes. Total dissolved solid concentration played a significant role in determining the segregation of the lakes. The newly formed lake Ventisquero Negro had a unique bacterial community related to glacier melting microorganisms.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Evelyn Vega, Marcela Bastidas Navarro, Nicolas Martyniuk, Esteban Balseiro, Beatriz Modenutti
Summary: Global climate change affects the composition of biofilm bacterial community in glacier-fed streams. Longitudinal and seasonal changes in bacterial composition are related to glacial influence and environmental factors. Dominant phyla include Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidota, Actinobacteriota, and Acidobacteriota.