Antibiotics play a pivotal role in the management of infectious disease in humans,
companion animals, livestock, and aquaculture operations at a global scale. Antibiotics are …

Abstract Information on functional diversity (metabolic potential) is essential for
understanding the role of microbial communities in different environments. Variations of the …

Heavy metal pollution is a serious global environmental problem as it adversely affects plant
growth and genetic variation. It also alters the composition and activity of soil microbial …

The effects of mineral fertilizer (NPK) and organic manure on phospholipid fatty acid profiles
and microbial functional diversity were investigated in a long-term (21-year) fertilizer …

Sole-carbon-source tests (Biolog), designed to identify bacteria, have become very popular
for metabolically fingerprinting soil microbial communities, despite disadvantages …

Soil microorganisms play important roles in soil quality and plant productivity. The
development of effective methods for studying the diversity, distribution, and behavior of …

Biological activity could be affected severely by the impact on soil quality of drought, which
can be very severe in Southern areas of Europe. The objective of this work was to assess …

Biochar, in addition to sequestering carbon, ameliorating soil, and improving plant
performance, can impact foliar and soilborne plant diseases. Nevertheless, the mechanisms …

A technique based on progressive fumigation was used to reduce soil microbial biodiversity,
and the effects of such reductions upon the stability of key soil processes were measured …

The combined use of inorganic fertilizers with organic manures has recently attracted
increasing interest in China in attempts to mitigate the deleterious environmental impacts of …