Microorganisms drive several processes needed for robust plant growth and health.
Harnessing microbial functions is thus key to productive and sustainable food production …

As the indispensable role of natural microbial communities in many aspects of life on Earth
is uncovered, the bottom-up engineering of synthetic microbial consortia with novel functions …

Global change is altering species distributions and thus interactions among organisms.
Organisms live in concert with thousands of other species, some beneficial, some …

Global warming and the loss of biodiversity through human activities (eg, land-use change,
pollution, invasive species) are two of the most profound threats to the functional integrity of …

Multiple anthropogenic drivers are changing ecosystems globally, with a disproportionate
and intensifying impact on freshwater habitats. A major impact of urbanization are inputs …

Heavy metal pollution of paddy fields is of increasing concern due to the huge losses in rice
yield that occur every year. Therefore, it is important to understand the microecological and …

Diversity generally increases ecosystem productivity over short timescales. Over longer
timescales, both ecological and evolutionary responses to new environments could alter …

Coastal areas are land–sea transitional zones with complex natural and anthropogenic
disturbances. Microorganisms in coastal sediments adapt to such disturbances both …

Microorganisms play an important role in the remediation of cadmium pollution in the soil
and their diversity can be affected by cadmium. In this study, the bacterial community in …

Climate change and biodiversity loss are expected to simultaneously affect ecosystems,
however research on how each driver mediates the effect of the other has been limited in …