Microorganisms produce and excrete a versatile array of metabolites with different physico-
chemical properties and biological activities. However, the ability of microorganisms to …

All organisms produce specialized organic molecules, ranging from small volatile chemicals
to large gene-encoded peptides, that have evolved to provide them with diverse cellular and …

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events highlights the need to understand how
soil microbiomes respond to such disturbances. Here, metagenomics was used to …

Covering: through June 2021 Terpenoids are the largest class of natural products
recognised to date. While mostly known to humans as bioactive plant metabolites and part of …

Soil provides a multitude of services that are essential to a healthily functioning biosphere
and continuity of the human race, such as feeding the growing human population and the …

The soil environment is a critical component of the global ecosystem and is essential for
nutrient cycling and energy flow. Various physical, chemical, and biological processes occur …

Bacteria produce a multitude of volatile compounds. While the biological functions of these
deceptively simple molecules are unknown in many cases, for compounds that have been …

Understanding how horizontally transmitted mutualisms are maintained is a major focus of
symbiosis research. 1, 2, 3, 4 Unlike vertical transmission, hosts that rely on horizontal …

Streptomyces, the most abundant and arguably the most important genus of actinomycetes,
is an important source of biologically active compounds such as antibiotics, and extracellular …

The ecotoxicological effects of microplastics, a new and widespread ecosystem pollutant,
have been extensively reported. However, it remains unclear whether soil fauna transfer …