Permafrost, characterized by its frozen soil, serves as a unique habitat for diverse
microorganisms. Understanding these microbial communities is crucial for predicting the …

To assess the health of river ecosystems, it is essential to quantify the ecological risk of
heavy metals in river sediments and the structure of microbial communities. As important …

Caves are typified by their permanent darkness and a shortage of nutrients. Consequently,
bacteria play an important role in sustaining such subsurface ecosystems by dominating …

Carbon fixation is a critical process for our planet; however, its distribution across the
bacterial and archaeal domains of life has not been comprehensively studied. Here, we …

Rice plants display a unique root ecosystem comprising oxic-anoxic zones, harboring a
plethora of metabolic interactions mediated by its root microbiome. Since agricultural land is …

Soil contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has raised great
environmental concerns. However, the information on national wide distribution of PAHs in …

Morgana Cave is located in Val di Scerscen, Central Italian Alps. The cave opens at an
altitude of 2,600 m asl close to the retreating glacier Vedretto di Scerscen, and its entrance …

Application of Zn fertilizers to agricultural field is a simple and effective way for farmers to
manage Zn deficient stress in soils to avoid yield lose. Although a synergistic effect of Zn on …

The exceptionally long and protracted aridity in the Atacama Desert (AD), Chile, provides an
extreme, terrestrial ecosystem that is ideal for studying microbial community dynamics under …

Abstract Knowledge of how habitat restoration shapes soil microbial communities often is
limited despite their critical roles in ecosystem function. Soil community diversity and …