Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Plants are affected by various environmental stresses such as high or low temperatures,
drought, and high salt levels, which can disrupt their normal cellular functioning and impact …

Microbiome studies have become routine in biomedical, agricultural and environmental
sciences with diverse aims, including diversity profiling, functional characterization, and …

Although the interaction between prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms is crucial for
the functioning of ecosystems, information about the processes driving microbial interactions …

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events highlights the need to understand how
soil microbiomes respond to such disturbances. Here, metagenomics was used to …

Persistent microbial symbioses can confer greater fitness to their host under unfavorable
conditions, but manipulating such beneficial interactions necessitates a mechanistic …

Non‐gene‐editing microbiome engineering (NgeME) is the rational design and control of
natural microbial consortia to perform desired functions. Traditional NgeME approaches use …

Vegetation restoration affects belowground microbial diversity and trait-based life strategies,
as well as soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation. Despite the growing focus on microbial …

Globally, grasslands, covering about 40% of the Earth's land area, are vital for supporting
important ecosystem functions, services, and livelihoods of millions of humans. Currently …

Grassland degradation seriously affects the health of our planet, thereby weakening the
ability of grasslands to provide multiple ecosystem services. Soil microbes have been …