Life history strategies of soil bacterial communities across global terrestrial biomes

G Piton, SD Allison, M Bahram, F Hildebrand… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The life history strategies of soil microbes determine their metabolic potential and their
response to environmental changes. Yet these strategies remain poorly understood. Here …

Microbial dark matter could add uncertainties to metagenomic trait estimations

ED Osburn, SG McBride, MS Strickland - Nature Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Methods Raw metagenomic sequence reads were downloaded from National Center for
Biotechnology Information accession number PRJEB18701. Raw reads were quality filtered …

Soil nutrient conditions alter viral lifestyle strategy and potential function in phosphorous and nitrogen metabolisms

X Huang, Z Zhou, H Liu, Y Li, T Ge, X Tang, Y He… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of the most abundant members of microbial communities, viruses are considered to
influence prokaryotic mortality and biogeochemical cycles. While extensive research has …

The biogeography of soil microbiome potential growth rates

Z Zhou, C Wang, X Cha, T Zhou, X Pang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil microbial growth, a vital biogeochemical process, governs both the accrual and loss of
soil carbon. Here, we investigate the biogeography of soil microbiome potential growth rates …

Fungal genome size and composition reflect ecological strategies along soil fertility gradients

HY Zhang, A Bissett, CA Aguilar‐Trigueros… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic traits reflect the evolutionary processes that have led to ecological variation among
extant organisms, including variation in how they acquire and use resources. Soil fungi have …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling soil prokaryotic traits across environments with the trait sequence database ampliconTraits and the R package MicEnvMod

J Donhauser, A Doménech-Pascual, X Han… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive, customizable workflow for inferring prokaryotic phenotypic
traits from marker gene sequences and modelling the relationships between these traits and …

The hidden diversity and functional potential of Chloroflexota genomes in arsenic and antimony co-contaminated soils

H Wang, Q Wu, H Wang, F Liu, D Wu, X Wang… - Soil Ecology Letters, 2025 - Springer
A total of 170 middle-and high-quality Chloroflexota MAGs were reconstructed from As and
Sb co-contaminated soils. Many Chloroflexota MAGs have overlooked potential for C fixation …

A mixed blessing of influent leachate microbes in downstream biotreatment systems of a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant

C Deng, T Chen, Z Qiu, H Zhou, B Li, Y Zhang, X Xu… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In landfill leachate treatment plants (LLTPs), the microbiome plays a pivotal role in the
decomposition of organic compounds, reduction in nutrient levels, and elimination of toxins …

Modified biochar affects CO2 and N2O emissions from coastal saline soil by altering soil pH and elemental stoichiometry

Y Dong, X Zhang, X Wang, C Xie, J Liu, Y Cheng… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of biochar in degraded farmland improves soil productivity while achieving
the recycling of agricultural waste. The collapse of the physical structure of coastal saline …

Warmer and drier ecosystems select for smaller bacterial genomes in global soils

H Liu, H Zhang, J Powell, M Delgado‐Baquerizo… - iMeta, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial genome size reflects bacterial evolutionary processes and metabolic lifestyles, with
implications for microbial community assembly and ecosystem functions. However, to …