Plants and microbes coexist or compete for survival and their cohesive interactions play a
vital role in adapting to metalliferous environments, and can thus be explored to improve …

Rock weathering is a key process in global elemental cycling. Life participates in this
process with tangible consequences observed from the mineral interface to the planetary …

Interest in mineral–microbe interaction has grown enormously over recent decades,
providing information in a puzzle-like manner which points towards an ever increasingly …

This review has as its underlying premise the need to become proficient in delivering a suite
of element or metal products from polymetallic ores to avoid the predicted exhaustion of key …

Several bacterial strains isolated from granitic rock material in front of the Damma glacier
(Central Swiss Alps) were shown (i) to grow in the presence of granite powder and a …

The impacts of plant species on the microbial communities and physico-chemical
characteristics of soil are well documented for many herbs, grasses and legumes but much …

Many forest trees have evolved mutualistic symbioses with ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi that
contribute to their phosphorus (P) nutrition. Forest productivity is frequently limited by P, a …

Mineral weathering bacteria play essential roles in nutrient cycling and plant nutrition.
However, we are far from having a comprehensive view of the factors regulating their …

Mineral–microbe interaction has been a key factor shaping the lithosphere of our planet
since the Precambrian. Detailed investigation has been mainly focused on the role of …

Unlike farmland, forests growing on acidic soils are among the terrestrial ecosystems that
are the least influenced or amended by man. Forests which developed on acidic soils are …