An overview of natural soil amendments in agriculture

T Garbowski, D Bar-Michalczyk, S Charazińska… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
This manuscript describes the natural soil amendments used in agriculture, which are
divided into three groups: organic, organic-mineral, and mineral amendments. It also …

Understanding mercury methylation in the changing environment: Recent advances in assessing microbial methylators and mercury bioavailability

WL Tang, YR Liu, WY Guan, H Zhong, XM Qu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Methylmercury (MeHg) is a neurotoxin, mainly derived from microbial mercury methylation in
natural aquatic environments, and poses threats to human health. Polar regions and paddy …

[HTML][HTML] Cautionary notes on the use of co-occurrence networks in soil ecology

M Goberna, M Verdú - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil ecology is witnessing exponential growth in the number of studies using co-occurrence
network analysis. Researchers reconstruct networks based on the co-occurrence of taxa or …

Balanced fertilization over four decades has sustained soil microbial communities and improved soil fertility and rice productivity in red paddy soil

JL Wang, KL Liu, XQ Zhao, HQ Zhang, D Li, JJ Li… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The influence of long-term fertilization on soil microbial communities is critical for revealing
the association between belowground microbial flora and aboveground crop productivity—a …

Microbial life in the deep subsurface aquifer illuminated by metagenomics

VV Kadnikov, AV Mardanov, AV Beletsky… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
To get insights into microbial diversity and biogeochemical processes in the terrestrial deep
subsurface aquifer, we sequenced the metagenome of artesian water collected at a 2.8 km …

Influence of host genotype in establishing root associated microbiome of indica rice cultivars for plant growth promotion

A Singh, M Kumar, H Chakdar, K Pandiyan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rice plants display a unique root ecosystem comprising oxic-anoxic zones, harboring a
plethora of metabolic interactions mediated by its root microbiome. Since agricultural land is …

Syntrophic pathways for microbial mercury methylation

RQ Yu, JR Reinfelder, ME Hines, T Barkay - The ISME Journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Exposure to dietary sources of methylmercury (MeHg) is the focus of public health concerns
with environmental mercury (Hg) contamination. MeHg is formed in anoxic environments by …

A bioinformatics guide to plant microbiome analysis

R Lucaciu, C Pelikan, SM Gerner, C Zioutis… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recent evidence for intimate relationship of plants with their microbiota shows that plants
host individual and diverse microbial communities that are essential for their survival …

Sulfate in anaerobic co-digester accelerates methane production from food waste and waste activated sludge

F Zan, T Hao - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of sulfate in food waste (FW) and waste activated sludge (WAS) threatens the
anaerobic co-digestion for methane production. In this study, methane production from the …

Variation of volatile fatty acid oxidation and methane production during the bioaugmentation of anaerobic digestion system: Microbial community analysis revealing …

G Cai, L Zhao, T Wang, N Lv, J Li, J Ning, X Pan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is widely used on waste treatment for its great capability of organic
degradation and energy recovery. Accumulation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) caused by …