Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition,
symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high …

Uncovering the plant‐soil feedback mechanisms underlying the assembly of belowground
microbial communities is essential for terrestrial biodiversity conservation. However, little is …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding and metagenomics analyses can improve
taxonomic resolution in biodiversity studies. Only recently, these techniques have been …

Soils provide a heterogeneous environment varying in space and time; consequently, the
biodiversity of soil microorganisms also differs spatially and temporally. For soil microbes …

The pooling of soil samples in plant–microbe interaction studies is commonly employed, but
the impact of sample handling has rarely been explored experimentally. Concerns have …

Anthropogenically enhanced atmospheric sulphur (S) and nitrogen (N) deposition has
acidified and eutrophied forest ecosystems worldwide. However, both S and N mechanisms …

Antibiotic-resistant pathogens claim the lives of thousands of people each year and are
currently considered as one of the most serious threats to public health. Apart from clinical …

Soil fungi are important components of boreal forest ecosystems; for example, saprotrophic
fungi regulate nutrient cycling, and mycorrhizal species facilitate nutrient uptake by plants …

The relationship between trees and root-associated fungal communities is complex. By
specific root deposits and other signal cues, different tree species are able to attract …

Although much work has been completed in Australia to examine the effects on
aboveground ecology of environmental plantings using mixed species of native trees, only …