16S rRNA gene copy number normalization does not provide more reliable conclusions in metataxonomic surveys

R Starke, VS Pylro, DK Morais - Microbial ecology, 2021 - Springer
Sequencing 16S rRNA gene amplicons is the gold standard to uncover the composition of
prokaryotic communities. The presence of multiple copies of this gene makes the community …

Fungal-bacterial cooccurrence patterns differ between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nonmycorrhizal fungi across soil niches

MM Yuan, A Kakouridis, E Starr, N Nguyen, S Shi… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soil bacteria and fungi are known to form niche-specific communities that differ between
actively growing and decaying roots. Yet almost nothing is known about the cross-kingdom …

Identification of heterotrophic zinc mobilization processes among bacterial strains isolated from wheat rhizosphere (Triticum aestivum L.)

B Costerousse, L Schönholzer-Mauclaire… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soil and plant inoculation with heterotrophic zinc-solubilizing bacteria (ZSB) is considered a
promising approach for increasing zinc (Zn) phytoavailability and enhancing crop growth …

Diversity of bacterial community in the oxygen minimum zones of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal as deduced by illumina sequencing

GL Fernandes, BD Shenoy, SR Damare - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Indian Ocean harbors oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) in the Arabian Sea and Bay of
Bengal, with dissolved oxygen< 20 μM, located at the mid-depths of the water column. Till …

Soil bacterial and fungal community structure of a rice monoculture and rice-pasture rotation systems

VG Maguire, CD Bordenave, AS Nieva, ME Llames… - Applied Soil …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rice monoculture has been the main rice-cropping system for several years. Rice-pasture
rotation system has raised in recent years as an alternative, as this practice not only …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted metagenomics reveals inferior resilience of farm soil resistome compared to soil microbiome after manure application

G Macedo, HPJ van Veelen, L Hernandez-Leal… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of animal manure to soils results in the introduction of manure-derived bacteria
and their antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) into soils. ResCap is a novel targeted …

Effect of cropping systems after abandoned salinized farmland reclamation on soil bacterial communities in arid northwest China

Z Cheng, Y Chen, F Zhang - Soil and Tillage Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Cropping systems are extensively used in northwest China, which alter the soil structure and
nutrients, causing the changes in the soil bacterial community. Although soil bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of riparian soil moisture on bacterial, fungal and plant communities and microbial decomposition rates in boreal stream-side forests

MJ Annala, K Lehosmaa, SHK Ahonen… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Riparian habitats of boreal forests are considered as hotspots for biochemical processes
and biodiversity, and varying width riparian buffers have been proposed to protect species …

[HTML][HTML] Algal richness in BSCs in forests under different management intensity with some implications for P cycling

K Glaser, K Baumann, P Leinweber… - …, 2018 - bg.copernicus.org
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are highly important communities in drylands and disturbed
areas worldwide, where the higher vegetation is sparse, with a diverse microalgal …

Different community compositions between obligate and facultative oomycete plant parasites in a landscape-scale metabarcoding survey

AM Fiore-Donno, M Bonkowski - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2021 - Springer
Oomycetes are a ubiquitous protistan lineage including devastating crop parasites. Although
their ecology in agrosystems has been widely studied, little is known of their distribution in …