The ecology of forest soils is an important field of research due to the role of forests as
carbon sinks. Consequently, a significant amount of information has been accumulated …

Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

High-throughput DNA sequencing has dramatically transformed several areas of biodiversity
research including mycology. Despite limitations, high-throughput sequencing is nowadays …

Leaf litter and deadwood have important roles in the forest ecosystems, providing shelter for
several organisms, preventing erosion and microclimate fluctuations. Their decomposition is …

Forests are essential biomes for global biogeochemical cycles, and belowground
microorganisms have a key role in providing relevant ecosystem services. To predict the …

Fungi are an important and diverse component in various ecosystems. The methods to
identify different fungi are an important step in any mycological study. Classical methods of …

Microbial community analysis via marker gene amplicon sequencing has become a routine
method in the field of soil research. In this perspective, we discuss technical challenges and …

The methodical developments in the fields of molecular biology and analytical chemistry
significantly increased the level of detail that we achieve when exploring soils and their …

Dead wood represents an important pool of organic matter in forests and is one of the
sources of soil formation. It has been shown to harbour diverse communities of bacteria, but …

Soybean root nodules are known to contain a high diversity of both rhizobial endophytes
and nonrhizobial endophytes (NREs). Nevertheless, the variation of these bacteria among …