Soil salinity and its associated effects on soil microorganisms, greenhouse gas emissions, crop yield, biodiversity and desertification: A review

Z Haj-Amor, T Araya, DG Kim, S Bouri, J Lee… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Significant research has been conducted on the effects of soil salinity issue on agricultural
productivity. However, limited consideration has been given to its critical effects on soil …

The host-associated archaeome

G Borrel, JF Brugère, S Gribaldo, RA Schmitz… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Host-associated microbial communities have an important role in shaping the health and
fitness of plants and animals. Most studies have focused on the bacterial, fungal or viral …

The global-scale distributions of soil protists and their contributions to belowground systems

AM Oliverio, S Geisen, M Delgado-Baquerizo… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Protists are ubiquitous in soil, where they are key contributors to nutrient cycling and energy
transfer. However, protists have received far less attention than other components of the soil …

A social niche breadth score reveals niche range strategies of generalists and specialists

FAB von Meijenfeldt, P Hogeweg… - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Generalists can survive in many environments, whereas specialists are restricted to a single
environment. Although a classical concept in ecology, niche breadth has remained …

Salinity is a key determinant for soil microbial communities in a desert ecosystem

K Zhang, Y Shi, X Cui, P Yue, K Li, X Liu, BM Tripathi… - Msystems, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soil salinization is a growing environmental problem caused by both natural and human
activities. Excessive salinity in soil suppresses growth, decreases species diversity, and …

Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: when does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?

EB Graham, JE Knelman, A Schindlbacher… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms are vital in mediating the earth's biogeochemical cycles; yet, despite our
rapidly increasing ability to explore complex environmental microbial communities, the …

Methane emissions from wetlands: biogeochemical, microbial, and modeling perspectives from local to global scales

SD Bridgham, H Cadillo‐Quiroz, JK Keller… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the dynamics of methane (CH 4) emissions is of paramount importance
because CH 4 has 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and is …

The organic geochemistry of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids: A review

S Schouten, EC Hopmans, JSS Damsté - Organic geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids are membrane lipids which were long
thought to be synthesized mainly by archaea, organisms thought to be limited to extreme …

Comparison of the levels of bacterial diversity in freshwater, intertidal wetland, and marine sediments by using millions of illumina tags

Y Wang, HF Sheng, Y He, JY Wu… - Applied and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sediment, a special realm in aquatic environments, has high microbial diversity. While there
are numerous reports about the microbial community in marine sediment, freshwater and …

Global patterns of 16S rRNA diversity at a depth of millions of sequences per sample

JG Caporaso, CL Lauber, WA Walters… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The ongoing revolution in high-throughput sequencing continues to democratize the ability
of small groups of investigators to map the microbial component of the biosphere. In …