Mechanisms and implications of bacterial–fungal competition for soil resources

C Wang, Y Kuzyakov - The ISME Journal, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Elucidating complex interactions between bacteria and fungi that determine microbial
community structure, composition, and functions in soil, as well as regulate carbon (C) and …

Mechanisms that promote bacterial fitness in fungal-affected soil microhabitats

R Nazir, JA Warmink, H Boersma… - FEMS microbiology …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Soil represents a very heterogeneous environment for its microbiota. Among the soil
inhabitants, bacteria and fungi are important organisms as they are involved in key …

[HTML][HTML] Biotic interactions in soil are underestimated drivers of microbial carbon use efficiency

H Iven, TWN Walker, M Anthony - Current Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE)—the balance between microbial growth and
respiration—strongly impacts microbial mediated soil carbon storage and is sensitive to …

The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties

L Philippot, C Chenu, A Kappler, MC Rillig… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
In recent years, there has been considerable progress in determining the soil properties that
influence the structure of the soil microbiome. By contrast, the effects of microorganisms on …

Considering fungal: bacterial dominance in soils–methods, controls, and ecosystem implications

MS Strickland, J Rousk - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
An expectation in soil ecology is that a microbial communities' fungal: bacterial dominance
indicates both its response to environmental change and its impact on ecosystem function …

Multiple factors drive imbalance in the global microbial assemblage in soil

Y Hao, F Yu, X Hu - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil microbial assemblages play a critical role in biogeochemical cycling processes in
terrestrial ecosystems. Dynamic global information for these assemblages considering …

Linking fungal–bacterial co-occurrences to soil ecosystem function

AB de Menezes, AE Richardson, PH Thrall - Current Opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Fungi and bacteria interact in soil, likely affecting their ecosystem
function.•Correlation network analysis is a powerful tool to characterise F: B interactions.•F …

Differences in fungal and bacterial physiology alter soil carbon and nitrogen cycling: insights from meta‐analysis and theoretical models

BG Waring, C Averill, CV Hawkes - Ecology letters, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Since fungi and bacteria are the dominant decomposers in soil, their distinct physiologies
are likely to differentially influence rates of ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial regulation of soil carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems

M Semenov, H Li, Y Luo, Y Deng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The soil organic carbon (SOC) pool is larger than the combined carbon stock in vegetation
and in the atmosphere (Davidson et al., 2000; Schmidt et al., 2011; Scharlemann et al …

Soil microbe contributions in the regulation of the global carbon cycle

SCB Bertini, LCB Azevedo - Microbiome Under Changing Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil microbes play essential roles in agricultural and natural ecosystems by participating in
organic matter mineralization that supports plant growth and consequently contributes to the …