Plant roots associate with diverse microbes (including bacteria, fungi, archaea, protists, and
viruses) collectively called the root-associated microbiome. Among them, mycorrhizal fungi …

Mycorrhizas are among the most important biological interkingdom interactions, as they
involve~ 340,000 land plants and~ 50,000 taxa of soil fungi. In these mutually beneficial …

Mycorrhizae are symbiotic associations between terrestrial plants and fungi in which fungi
obtain nutrients in exchange for plant photosynthates. However, it remains unclear how …

Ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) shrubs commonly occur in forest understories and could therefore
alter arbuscular (AM) and/or ectomycorrhizal (EcM) tree effects on soil carbon and nitrogen …

The soil microbiome comprises one of the most important and complex components of all
terrestrial ecosystems as it harbors millions of microbes including bacteria, fungi, archaea …

Plant growth promoting microbes (PGPMs) play major roles in diverse ecosystems, including
atmospheric nitrogen fixation, water uptake, solubilization, and transport of minerals from the …

Pathogenic fungi use secreted effector proteins to suppress immunity and support their
infection, but effectors have also been reported from fungi that engage in nutritional …

Forest secondary succession alters plant diversity and soil properties in the forest
ecosystems; however, effects of this process on the soil fungal community structure are …

Biosynthesis has emerged as a frontier technology for fabrication of functionally diverse
nanoparticles that possess tremendous therapeutic implications. Various biological …

The postindustrial era is currently facing two ecological challenges. First, the rise in global
temperature, mostly caused by the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere …