[HTML][HTML] Review on the current status of polymer degradation: a microbial approach

VM Pathak - Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2017 - Springer
Inertness and the indiscriminate use of synthetic polymers leading to increased land and
water pollution are of great concern. Plastic is the most useful synthetic polymer, employed …

Forest soil bacteria: diversity, involvement in ecosystem processes, and response to global change

S Lladó, R López-Mondéjar… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Important ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils

Y Bao, J Dolfing, Z Guo, R Chen, M Wu, Z Li, X Lin… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Microbial-driven decomposition of plant residues is integral to carbon
sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. Actinobacteria, one of the most widely distributed …

Modeling soil processes: Review, key challenges, and new perspectives

H Vereecken, A Schnepf, JW Hopmans… - Vadose zone …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

Bacterial contributions to delignification and lignocellulose degradation in forest soils with metagenomic and quantitative stable isotope probing

RC Wilhelm, R Singh, LD Eltis, WW Mohn - The ISME Journal, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Delignification, or lignin-modification, facilitates the decomposition of lignocellulose in
woody plant biomass. The extant diversity of lignin-degrading bacteria and fungi is …

Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition is linked with a K‐selected microbial community

H Li, S Yang, MV Semenov, F Yao, J Ye… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Temperature sensitivity (Q10) of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition is a crucial
parameter to predict the fate of soil carbon (C) under global warming. Nonetheless, the …

Microbiomes in light of traits: a phylogenetic perspective

JBH Martiny, SE Jones, JT Lennon, AC Martiny - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND Microbial communities—microbiomes—are intricately linked to human
health and critical ecosystem services. New technologies allow the rapid characterization of …

Experimental insights into the importance of aquatic bacterial community composition to the degradation of dissolved organic matter

JB Logue, CA Stedmon, AM Kellerman… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria play a central role in the cycling of carbon, yet our understanding of the relationship
between the taxonomic composition and the degradation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) …

Cellulose and hemicellulose decomposition by forest soil bacteria proceeds by the action of structurally variable enzymatic systems

R López-Mondéjar, D Zühlke, D Becher, K Riedel… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Evidence shows that bacteria contribute actively to the decomposition of cellulose and
hemicellulose in forest soil; however, their role in this process is still unclear. Here we …

Genomic insights into the Acidobacteria reveal strategies for their success in terrestrial environments

SA Eichorst, D Trojan, S Roux… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Members of the phylum Acidobacteria are abundant and ubiquitous across soils. We
performed a large‐scale comparative genome analysis spanning subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 …