Long-term continuous cropping of soybean is comparable to crop rotation in mediating microbial abundance, diversity and community composition

Z Liu, J Liu, Z Yu, Q Yao, Y Li, A Liang, W Zhang… - Soil and Tillage …, 2020 - Elsevier
Continuous cropping of soybean causes soil degradation and soybean yield decline, but
these effects could be alleviated by crop rotation or the use of long-term continuously …

Biodegradability of wastewater determines microbial assembly mechanisms in full-scale wastewater treatment plants

B Zhang, D Ning, Y Yang, JD Van Nostrand, J Zhou… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are critical for maintaining sustainable development
in modern societies, wherein microbial populations residing in activated sludge (AS) are …

Niche differentiation is spatially and temporally regulated in the rhizosphere

EE Nuccio, E Starr, U Karaoz, EL Brodie… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The rhizosphere is a hotspot for microbial carbon transformations, and is the entry point for
root polysaccharides and polymeric carbohydrates that are important precursors to soil …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and approaches in microbiome research: from fundamental to applied

C Sergaki, B Lagunas, I Lidbury, ML Gifford… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
We face major agricultural challenges that remain a threat for global food security. Soil
microbes harbor enormous potentials to provide sustainable and economically favorable …

Soil fungal assemblage complexity is dependent on soil fertility and dominated by deterministic processes

J Guo, N Ling, Z Chen, C Xue, L Li, L Liu… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the processes controlling ecosystem fertility, fungi are increasingly acknowledged as key
drivers. However, our understanding of the rules behind fungal community assembly …

Maize root exudate composition alters rhizosphere bacterial community to control hotspots of hydrolase activity in response to nitrogen supply

C Hao, JAJ Dungait, X Wei, T Ge, Y Kuzyakov… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving nitrogen (N) acquisition by crops from soil is essential to reduce fertilization rates
whilst maintaining yields. Plants can adapt their nutrient acquisition strategies according to …

Drought impacts on microbial trait distribution and feedback to soil carbon cycling

AA Malik, NJ Bouskill - Functional Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the impact of drought on microbial processes and its consequences for soil
carbon cycling is hindered by the lack of underlying mechanistic understanding. Therefore …

Ecological drivers of soil microbial diversity and soil biological networks in the Southern Hemisphere

M Delgado‐Baquerizo, F Reith, PG Dennis… - Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological drivers of soil biodiversity in the Southern Hemisphere remain
underexplored. Here, in a continental survey comprising 647 sites, across 58 degrees of …

Temperature mediated the balance between stochastic and deterministic processes and reoccurrence of microbial community during treating aniline wastewater

H Chen, Z Chen, X Chu, Y Deng, S Qing, C Sun… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Seasonal temperature changes significantly affect microbial community diversity,
composition, and performance in wastewater treatment plants. However, the community …

Higher precipitation strengthens the microbial interactions in semi‐arid grassland soils

S Wang, X Wang, X Han, Y Deng - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Growing attention has been focused on the changes in the structure and diversity of
microbial communities under altered precipitation pattern, but little is known about how this …