Soil microbial diversity has major influences on ecosystem functions and services. However,
due to its complexity and uneven distribution of abundant and rare taxa, quantification of soil …

Bacterial communities are essential parts of living soils. However, we understand very little
of how soil matrices govern the structure of the local microbiota. Here, we report on …

To gain insight into the factors driving the structure of bacterial communities in soil, we
applied real-time PCR, PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoreses, and phylogenetic …

The ecological significance of rare microorganisms within microbial communities remains an
important, unanswered question. Microorganisms of extremely low abundance (the 'rare …

Natural scrublands in semi-arid deserts are increasingly being converted into fields. This
results in losses of characteristic flora and fauna, and may also affect microbial diversity. In …

Members of the bacterial candidate phylum WPS‐2 (or Eremiobacterota) are abundant in
several dry, bare soil environments. In a bare soil deposited by an extinct iron–sulfur spring …

Exometabolomics enables analysis of metabolite utilization of low molecular weight organic
substances by soil bacteria. Environmentally-based defined media are needed to examine …

Soil is a highly heterogeneous matrix, which can contain thousands of different bacterial
species per gram. Only a small component of this diversity (maybe< 1%) is commonly …

Plant–microbial relations have not yet been fully disclosed in natural or seminatural
ecosystems, nor in novel ecosystems developing spontaneously on post-coal mine heaps …

Land use effects on microbial communities may have profound impacts on agricultural
productivity and ecosystem sustainability as they are critical in soil quality and health. The …