Soil microorganisms shape global element cycles in life and death. Living soil
microorganisms are a major engine of terrestrial biogeochemistry, driving the turnover of soil …

The function of cells in their native habitat often cannot be reliably predicted from genomic
data or from physiology studies of isolates. Traditional experimental approaches to study the …

Climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought events, affecting soil
functions including carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling, which are driven by growing …

From the homeostasis of human health to the cycling of Earth's elements, microbial activities
underlie environmental, medical and industrial processes. These activities occur in chemical …

Functional diversity is increasingly recognized by microbial ecologists as the essential link
between biodiversity patterns and ecosystem functioning, determining the trophic …

Background Glacier ice archives information, including microbiology, that helps reveal
paleoclimate histories and predict future climate change. Though glacier-ice microbes are …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in soils represents a serious risk to human health through
the food chain and human–nature contact. However, the active antibiotic-resistant bacteria …

Rapid, sensitive, and selective detection of live pathogens remains a key priority for quality
control and risk assessment. While conventional methods often require complicated …

Highlights•Microbiome management can maintain functions for systems facing climate
change.•Microbiome rescue reintroduces functional members lost to disturbance.•Rescue …

Reduction–oxidation (redox) reactions underlie essentially all biogeochemical cycles. Like
most soil properties and processes, redox is spatiotemporally heterogeneous. However …