A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services,
such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling …

Microbial communities play a pivotal role in the functioning of plants by influencing their
physiology and development. While many members of the rhizosphere microbiome are …

The growing interest in low-input agriculture in recent years has focused the use of microbial
biofertilizers to improve plant growth and yield through a better mobilization of indigenous …

Bacteria and fungi can form a range of physical associations that depend on various modes
of molecular communication for their development and functioning. These bacterial-fungal …

Soil is one of the major habitats of bacteria and fungi. In this arena their interactions are part
of a communication network that keeps microhabitats in balance. Prominent mediator …

Streptomyces bacteria are ubiquitous in soil, conferring the characteristic earthy smell, and
they have an important ecological role in the turnover of organic material. More recently, a …

In natural conditions, mycorrhizal fungi are surrounded by complex microbial communities,
which modulate the mycorrhizal symbiosis. Here, the focus is on the so‐called 'mycorrhiza …

During the past few years, an increasing awareness concerning the emission of an
unexpected high number of bacterial volatiles has been registered. Humans sense …

Rhizosphere microorganisms have two faces, like Janus the Roman god of gates and doors
who symbolizes changes and transitions, from one condition to another. One face looks at …

Rock weathering is a key process in global elemental cycling. Life participates in this
process with tangible consequences observed from the mineral interface to the planetary …