[HTML][HTML] Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU

J Köninger, E Lugato, P Panagos, M Kochupillai… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract CONTEXT In the European Union (EU-27) and UK, animal farming generated
annually more than 1.4 billion tonnes of manure during the period 2016–2019. Of this, more …

Review of antimicrobial resistance in the environment and its relevance to environmental regulators

AC Singer, H Shaw, V Rhodes, A Hart - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The environment is increasingly being recognized for the role it might play in the global
spread of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance. Environmental regulators monitor and …

Caterpillars lack a resident gut microbiome

TJ Hammer, DH Janzen, W Hallwachs… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Many animals are inhabited by microbial symbionts that influence their hosts' development,
physiology, ecological interactions, and evolutionary diversification. However, firm evidence …

Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects

JA Noriega, J Hortal, FM Azcárate, MP Berg… - Basic and applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Insects play a key role in the regulation and dynamics of many ecosystem services (ES).
However, this role is often assumed, with limited or no experimental quantification of its real …

Biochar as a tool to reduce the agricultural greenhouse-gas burden–knowns, unknowns and future research needs

C Kammann, J Ippolito, N Hagemann… - Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Agriculture and land use change has significantly increased atmospheric emissions of the
non-CO2 green-house gases (GHG) nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). Since human …

A trait‐based framework for dung beetle functional ecology

I deCastro‐Arrazola, NR Andrew… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Traits are key for understanding the environmental responses and ecological roles of
organisms. Trait approaches to functional ecology are well established for plants, whereas …

Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate

DC Woodhams, MC Bletz, CG Becker, HA Bender… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Host-associated microbiomes, the microorganisms occurring inside and on host
surfaces, influence evolutionary, immunological, and ecological processes. Interactions …

Application of manure from cattle administered antibiotics has sustained multi-year impacts on soil resistome and microbial community structure

S Shawver, C Wepking, S Ishii, MS Strickland… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In agroecosystems, application of manure from livestock treated with antibiotics has the
potential to spread antibiotic compounds, resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes …

Host species identity shapes the diversity and structure of insect microbiota

A Malacrinò - Molecular Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As for most of the life that inhabits our planet, microorganisms play an essential role in insect
nutrition, reproduction, defence, and support their host in many other functions. More …

A potential network structure of symbiotic bacteria involved in carbon and nitrogen metabolism of wood-utilizing insect larvae

H Miyamoto, F Asano, K Ishizawa, W Suda… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective biological utilization of wood biomass is necessary worldwide. Since several insect
larvae can use wood biomass as a nutrient source, studies on their digestive microbial …