Understanding soil–plant–microbe inter-and intra-interactions are essential for ensuring
proper soil health, quality, and soil-mediated ecosystem services (eg, nutrient cycling) …

Associations between soil minerals and microbially derived organic matter (often referred to
as mineral‐associated organic matter or MAOM) form a large pool of slowly cycling carbon …

Soil microbial functional genes are linked with carbon (C) as well as nitrogen (N) cycling
processes, and their relative abundances are strongly affected by ecosystem managements …

Developing biorefineries derived from plant biomass can help combat global warming by
creating sustainable alternatives to depleting fossil-based products. Lignocellulosic biomass …

Soil fungi play indispensable roles in all ecosystems including the recycling of organic
matter and interactions with plants, both as symbionts and pathogens. Past observations …

Soil microbes act as “players” in regulating biogeochemical cycles, whereas environmental
heterogeneity drives microbial community assembly patterns and is influenced by stochastic …

Forest soil processes carried out by microorganisms are critical for the global carbon (C)
cycle and climate. Characterizing the utilization of differently recalcitrant C sources is an …

Protists, in particular bacterivores, are essential players in the rhizosphere; thus, how their
interactions with bacteria and fungi affect plant productivity and soil nutrient cycles warrants …

Fungi support a wide range of ecosystem processes such as decomposition of organic
matter and plant-soil relationships. Yet, our understanding of the factors driving the …

Soil organisms are often classified using methods targeting individual groups of taxa (eg,
bacteria, fungi and invertebrates), which hampers our ability to directly compare the relative …