Biochar: carbon sequestration, land remediation, and impacts on soil microbiology

CJ Ennis, AG Evans, M Islam… - Critical Reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Biochar—charcoal used to amend land and sequester carbon—is attracting considerable
interest. Its distinctive physical/chemical/biological properties, including high water-holding …

Invisible invaders: non‐pathogenic invasive microbes in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

E Litchman - Ecology letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1560–1572 Abstract Although the number of studies on invasive
plants and animals has risen exponentially, little is known about invasive microbes …

Simplified and representative bacterial community of maize roots

B Niu, JN Paulson, X Zheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Plant-associated microbes are important for the growth and health of their hosts. As a result
of numerous prior studies, we know that host genotypes and abiotic factors influence the …

Microplastics increase impact of treated wastewater on freshwater microbial community

EM Eckert, A Di Cesare, MT Kettner… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution is a major global concern with several million microplastic particles entering
every day freshwater ecosystems via wastewater discharge. Microplastic particles stimulate …

Wastewater as a point source of antibiotic-resistance genes in the sediment of a freshwater lake

N Czekalski, E Gascón Díez, H Bürgmann - The ISME journal, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) are currently discussed as emerging environmental
contaminants. Hospital and municipal sewage are important sources of ARGs for the …

Biochar induced soil microbial community change: implications for biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus

CR Anderson, LM Condron, TJ Clough, M Fiers… - Pedobiologia, 2011 - Elsevier
It is generally accepted that biochar-C is largely unavailable to soil microbes but changes in
soil physicochemical properties and the introduction of metabolically available labile-C …

A synthetic community approach reveals plant genotypes affecting the phyllosphere microbiota

N Bodenhausen, M Bortfeld-Miller, M Ackermann… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The identity of plant host genetic factors controlling the composition of the plant microbiota
and the extent to which plant genes affect associated microbial populations is currently …

Microbiome and Exudates of the Root and Rhizosphere of Brachypodium distachyon, a Model for Wheat

A Kawasaki, S Donn, PR Ryan, U Mathesius, R Devilla… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The rhizosphere microbiome is regulated by plant genotype, root exudates and
environment. There is substantial interest in breeding and managing crops that host root …

Does human activity impact the natural antibiotic resistance background? Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in 21 Swiss lakes

N Czekalski, R Sigdel, J Birtel, B Matthews… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are emerging environmental contaminants, known to be
continuously discharged into the aquatic environment via human and animal waste …

Wood decay rates of 13 temperate tree species in relation to wood properties, enzyme activities and organismic diversities

T Kahl, T Arnstadt, K Baber, C Bässler, J Bauhus… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Deadwood decay is an important ecosystem process in forest ecosystems, but the relative
contribution of specific wood properties of tree species, activities of wood-degrading …