Archaeal community diversity and abundance changes along a natural salinity gradient in estuarine sediments

G Webster, LA O'Sullivan, Y Meng… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Archaea are widespread in marine sediments, but their occurrence and relationship with
natural salinity gradients in estuarine sediments is not well understood. This study …

Exercise prevents weight gain and alters the gut microbiota in a mouse model of high fat diet-induced obesity

CC Evans, KJ LePard, JW Kwak, MC Stancukas… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Diet-induced obesity (DIO) is a significant health concern which has been
linked to structural and functional changes in the gut microbiota. Exercise (Ex) is effective in …

Deterministic processes vary during community assembly for ecologically dissimilar taxa

JR Powell, S Karunaratne, CD Campbell, H Yao… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The continuum hypothesis states that both deterministic and stochastic processes contribute
to the assembly of ecological communities. However, the contextual dependency of these …

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 …

Biochar soil amendment increased bacterial but decreased fungal gene abundance with shifts in community structure in a slightly acid rice paddy from Southwest …

J Chen, X Liu, J Zheng, B Zhang, H Lu, Z Chi, G Pan… - Applied Soil …, 2013 - Elsevier
Biochar's role on greenhouse gas emission and plant growth has been well addressed.
However, there have been few studies on changes in soil microbial community and activities …

Long-term organic and inorganic fertilization alters temperature sensitivity of potential N2O emissions and associated microbes

P Cui, F Fan, C Yin, A Song, P Huang, Y Tang… - Soil Biology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N 2 O) from soil are sensitive to many
factors including temperature, nutrient status, pH and bulk-density. Interactions among these …

Impact of biochar application to soil on the root-associated bacterial community structure of fully developed greenhouse pepper plants

M Kolton, Y Meller Harel, Z Pasternak… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Adding biochar to soil has environmental and agricultural potential due to its long-term
carbon sequestration capacity and its ability to improve crop productivity. Recent studies …

Biochar reduces soil heterotrophic respiration in a subtropical plantation through increasing soil organic carbon recalcitrancy and decreasing carbon-degrading …

Y Li, Y Li, SX Chang, Y Yang, S Fu, P Jiang… - Soil Biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon (C) storage in forest soils can be enhanced through increasing organic C input and
decreasing soil heterotrophic respiration (RH). The inhibitory effect of biochar on RH has …

Effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 on Lettuce Growth and Health under Pathogen Pressure and Its Impact on the Rhizosphere Bacterial Community

SP Chowdhury, K Dietel, M Rändler, M Schmid… - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The soil-borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani is responsible for crop losses on a wide range
of important crops worldwide. The lack of effective control strategies and the increasing …

Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles in biosolids cause adverse ecosystem responses under realistic field scenario

BP Colman, CL Arnaout, S Anciaux, CK Gunsch… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
A large fraction of engineered nanomaterials in consumer and commercial products will
reach natural ecosystems. To date, research on the biological impacts of environmental …