The organic matter of living plants is the precursor material of the organic matter stored in
terrestrial soil ecosystems. Although a great deal of knowledge exists on the carbon turnover …

Water consumption continues to grow globally, and it is estimated that more than 160% of
the total global water volume will be needed to satisfy the water requirements in ten years. In …

Unipept (https://unipept. ugent. be) is a web application for metaproteome data analysis, with
an initial focus on tryptic-peptide-based biodiversity analysis of MS/MS samples. Because …

Fungi support a wide range of ecosystem processes such as decomposition of organic
matter and plant-soil relationships. Yet, our understanding of the factors driving the …

Metaproteomics was established to analyse both the structure and the function of microbial
communities and, particularly in soils, their contribution to ecosystem services. In this review …

Environmental contamination with persistent organic pollutants has emerged as a serious
threat of pollution. Bioremediation is a key to eliminate these harmful pollutants from the …

Precipitation is one of the major constraints influencing the diversity, structure, and activity of
soil microbial communities in desert ecosystems. However, the effect of changes in …

Soil organisms are often classified using methods targeting individual groups of taxa (eg,
bacteria, fungi and invertebrates), which hampers our ability to directly compare the relative …

Soil is a complex and dynamic network of different biological processes linked in an intricate
manner to facilitate effective ecosystem functioning. Microbial diversity and its functioning …

Current environmental monitoring efforts often focus on known, regulated contaminants
ignoring the potential effects of unmeasured compounds and/or environmental factors …