Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Plants are affected by various environmental stresses such as high or low temperatures,
drought, and high salt levels, which can disrupt their normal cellular functioning and impact …

Microbiome studies have become routine in biomedical, agricultural and environmental
sciences with diverse aims, including diversity profiling, functional characterization, and …

Chronic diabetic wounds are at lifelong risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers owing to
severe hypoxia, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS), a complex inflammatory …

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events highlights the need to understand how
soil microbiomes respond to such disturbances. Here, metagenomics was used to …

Native core microbiomes represent a unique opportunity to support food provision and plant-
based industries. Yet, these microbiomes are often neglected when developing synthetic …

Vegetation restoration affects belowground microbial diversity and trait-based life strategies,
as well as soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation. Despite the growing focus on microbial …

Persistent microbial symbioses can confer greater fitness to their host under unfavorable
conditions, but manipulating such beneficial interactions necessitates a mechanistic …

Plant roots show extraordinary diversity in form and function in heterogeneous
environments. Mounting evidence has shown global bi-dimensionality in root traits, the root …

The substantial influence of microbes on crop growth, stress resilience, and ecological
restoration has generated considerable interest due to the intricate interplay between these …