Particulate matter (PM) pollution poses a significant risk to many ecosystems; as sessile
organisms, plants are at particular risk from PM pollution since they cannot move away from …

The phyllosphere is an ecologically and economically important ecosystem that hosts a
large and diverse microbial community. Phyllosphere microbiota play a critical role in …

The phyllosphere referred to the total aerial plant surfaces (above-ground portions), as
habitat for microorganisms. Microorganisms establish compositionally complex communities …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

The phyllosphere mycobiome in cereals is an important determinant of crop health.
However, an understanding of the factors shaping this community is lacking. Fungal diversity …

Microorganisms are the main drivers shaping the functioning and equilibrium of all
ecosystems, contributing to nutrient cycling, primary production, litter decomposition, and …

Fungi are ideal model organisms for dissecting the genomic bases of adaptive divergence in
eukaryotes. They have simple morphologies and small genomes, occupy contrasting, well …

Approaches for the cultivation-independent analysis of microbial communities are
summarized as meta'omics, which predominantly includes metagenomic,-transcriptomic …

Plastic pollution is among the most urgent environmental and social challenges of the 21st
century, and their influxes in the environment have altered critical growth drivers in all …

The tree seed mycobiome has received little attention despite its potential role in forest
regeneration and health. The aim of the present study was to analyze the processes shaping …