Soil habitats contain vast numbers of microorganisms and harbor a large portion of the
planet's biological diversity. Although high-throughput sequencing technologies continue to …

The microbial processes of denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium
(DNRA) are two important nitrate reducing mechanisms in soil, which are responsible for the …

Although soil microorganisms play a central role in the soil processes that determine nutrient
availability and productivity of forest ecosystems, we are only beginning to understand how …

Soil bacterial diversity varies across biomes with potential impacts on soil ecological
functioning. Here, we incorporate key factors that affect soil bacterial abundance and …

Despite the connections between soils and human health, there has not been a great
amount of attention focused on this area when compared to many other fields of scientific …

The high prevalence and significance of multispecies biofilms have now been demonstrated
in various bacterial habitats with medical, industrial, and ecological relevance. It is highly …

Forest soils store vast amounts of terrestrial carbon, but we are still limited in mechanistic
understanding on how soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization or turnover is controlled by …

Aggregates play a key role in protecting soil organic carbon (SOC) from microbial
decomposition. The objectives of this study were to investigate the influence of pore …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are common to drylands worldwide. We employed
replicated, spatially nested sampling and 16S rRNA gene sequencing to describe the soil …

Spatial isolation of soil organic carbon (SOC) in different sized pores may be a mechanism
by which otherwise labile carbon (C) could be protected in soils. When soil water content …