The abundance of nutrient accumulation in rhizosphere soils has placed the rhizosphere as
an “epicenter” of bacterial concentrations. Nonetheless, over the years, little attention has …

Increasing the iron content of plant products and iron assimilability represents a major issue
for human nutrition and health. This is also a major challenge because iron is not readily …

Forest soils represent important terrestrial carbon (C) pools, where C is primarily fixed in
plant biomass and then is incorporated in the biomass of fungi and bacteria. Although …

Manure fertilization contributes to crop production and sustainable agriculture by introducing
large amounts of nutrients and exogenous microbes into soil. However, the contribution of …

Seagrasses are marine angiosperms that can live completely or partially submerged in
water and perform a variety of significant ecosystem services. Like terrestrial angiosperms …

Deadwood decomposition is responsible for a significant amount of carbon (C) turnover in
natural forests. While fresh deadwood contains mainly plant compounds and is extremely …

The number of raspberry plants dying from a sudden outbreak of gray mold, verticillium wilt,
anthracnosis, and phytophthora infection has increased in recent times, leading to crop …

Converting coniferous plantations to mixed plantations influences the microbial community
composition and potential functions during litter decomposition. However, it is unclear how …

Microbial diversity formed by ages of evolution in soils plays an important role in
sustainability of crop production by enriching soil and alleviating biotic and abiotic stresses …

The bacterial genus Sodalis is represented by insect endosymbionts as well as free-living
species. While the former have been studied frequently, the distribution of the latter is not yet …