Bacterial–fungal interactions: ecology, mechanisms and challenges

A Deveau, G Bonito, J Uehling… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Fungi and bacteria are found living together in a wide variety of environments. Their
interactions are significant drivers of many ecosystem functions and are important for the …

The role of microbial community in the decomposition of leaf litter and deadwood

A Bani, S Pioli, M Ventura, P Panzacchi, L Borruso… - Applied soil ecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Leaf litter and deadwood have important roles in the forest ecosystems, providing shelter for
several organisms, preventing erosion and microclimate fluctuations. Their decomposition is …

Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges

G Berg, D Rybakova, D Fischer, T Cernava… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
The field of microbiome research has evolved rapidly over the past few decades and has
become a topic of great scientific and public interest. As a result of this rapid growth in …

Disease-induced changes in plant microbiome assembly and functional adaptation

M Gao, C Xiong, C Gao, CKM Tsui, MM Wang, X Zhou… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background The plant microbiome is an integral part of the host and increasingly recognized
as playing fundamental roles in plant growth and health. Increasing evidence indicates that …

[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 …

Ranking the biases: The choice of OTUs vs. ASVs in 16S rRNA amplicon data analysis has stronger effects on diversity measures than rarefaction and OTU identity …

M Chiarello, M McCauley, S Villéger, CR Jackson - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Advances in the analysis of amplicon sequence datasets have introduced a methodological
shift in how research teams investigate microbial biodiversity, away from sequence identity …

Microbial community composition is related to soil biological and chemical properties and bacterial wilt outbreak

R Wang, H Zhang, L Sun, G Qi, S Chen, X Zhao - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Soil microbes play important roles in plant growth and health. Little is known about the
differences of soil microbes between healthy and bacterial wilt infected soils with Ralstonia …

Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

A Schuldt, T Assmann, M Brezzi, F Buscot… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Human-induced biodiversity change impairs ecosystem functions crucial to human well-
being. However, the consequences of this change for ecosystem multifunctionality are …

A critical review on exploiting the pharmaceutical potential of plant endophytic fungi

S Gupta, P Chaturvedi, MG Kulkarni… - Biotechnology advances, 2020 - Elsevier
The escalating demand for secondary metabolites in international markets poses a severe
threat to many plant species. An unscrupulous collection is also the immediate challenge to …

Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to Celtis formosana, Ficus ampelas, F. septica, Macaranga tanarius and Morus australis leaf litter inhabiting microfungi

DS Tennakoon, CH Kuo, SSN Maharachchikumbura… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
This article provides descriptions and illustrations of microfungi associated with the leaf litter
of Celtis formosana, Ficus ampelas, F. septica, Macaranga tanarius and Morus australis …