Harnessing rhizosphere microbiomes for drought-resilient crop production
Root-associated microbes can improve plant growth, and they offer the potential to increase
crop resilience to future drought. Although our understanding of the complex feedbacks …
crop resilience to future drought. Although our understanding of the complex feedbacks …
Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems
Microbial communities often exhibit incredible taxonomic diversity, raising questions
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …
regarding the mechanisms enabling species coexistence and the role of this diversity in …
A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming
Unraveling the drivers controlling community assembly is a central issue in ecology.
Although it is generally accepted that selection, dispersal, diversification and drift are major …
Although it is generally accepted that selection, dispersal, diversification and drift are major …
PICRUSt2: An improved and extensible approach for metagenome inference
One major limitation of microbial community marker gene sequencing is that it does not
provide direct information on the functional composition of sampled communities. Here, we …
provide direct information on the functional composition of sampled communities. Here, we …
Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks
Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning, but it is unknown
how co-occurrence networks within these communities respond to disturbances such as …
how co-occurrence networks within these communities respond to disturbances such as …
Stochastic community assembly: does it matter in microbial ecology?
Understanding the mechanisms controlling community diversity, functions, succession, and
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …
biogeography is a central, but poorly understood, topic in ecology, particularly in microbial …
Genomics and taxonomy in diagnostics for food security: soft-rotting enterobacterial plant pathogens
L Pritchard, RH Glover, S Humphris… - Analytical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) are bacterial plant pathogens that cause blackleg, wilt
and soft rot diseases on a broad range of important crop and ornamental plants worldwide …
and soft rot diseases on a broad range of important crop and ornamental plants worldwide …
A heritable subset of the core rumen microbiome dictates dairy cow productivity and emissions
A 1000-cow study across four European countries was undertaken to understand to what
extent ruminant microbiomes can be controlled by the host animal and to identify …
extent ruminant microbiomes can be controlled by the host animal and to identify …
Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: when does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?
Microorganisms are vital in mediating the earth's biogeochemical cycles; yet, despite our
rapidly increasing ability to explore complex environmental microbial communities, the …
rapidly increasing ability to explore complex environmental microbial communities, the …
Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences
Profiling phylogenetic marker genes, such as the 16S rRNA gene, is a key tool for studies of
microbial communities but does not provide direct evidence of a community's functional …
microbial communities but does not provide direct evidence of a community's functional …