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Journal of Applied Ecology
Soil microbial communities, crucial for dryland restoration, showed no significant changes in diversity or composition after 1 year of monoculture or polyculture revegetation at eight sites. This suggests that soil...
Frontiers in Microbiology
Drought reduces root microbial diversity and alters the composition in Populus trees, notably increasing Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, and Proteobacteria. Beneficial microbes, including Streptomyces rochei and Bacillus arbutinivorans, were isolated from drought-stressed...
New Phytologist Foundation
Root traits and soil fungal communities respond to drought in species-specific ways. A glasshouse experiment on 24 plant species found that drought-induced changes in fungal beta diversity, with saprotrophs increasing...
MDPI
Drought stress restructures grapevine root microbial communities. Under reduced irrigation (25% field capacity), fungal composition shifted significantly, with the root endosphere showing the greatest change. Black-foot disease fungi increased at...
Plant and Soil
Root anatomical phenotypes are crucial for optimizing soil resource acquisition in crops. They influence soil exploration, rhizosphere interactions, and transport efficiency. Key anatomical traits, such as those affecting metabolic costs,...
Chemosphere
Microalgae, with their high CO2 capture potential and biomass productivity, offer a sustainable alternative to chemical fertilizers. This review explores the benefits of algal biochar as an eco-friendly fertilizer, its...
ASM
Four newly isolated plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strains enhanced Arabidopsis thaliana growth through ACC deaminase activity, indole acetic acid production, and phosphorus solubilization. Some strains also provided protection against pathogens,...
Plant, Cell & Environment
Modulating root growth angle enhances nutrient and water acquisition, improving crop performance under stress. This study in maize revealed several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) linked to root angle; one of...
Nature
Warming will cause significant global soil organic carbon (SOC) losses due to increased microbial activity despite uncertainties. The evidence includes increased soil respiration with temperature and SOC accumulation in colder...
Nature
This study shows that nutrient amendment reduced bacterial diversity, centralizing carbon flow through fewer taxa. Key genera (Bradyrhizobium, RB41, Streptomyces) were responsible for 45–57% of carbon flux. Bacteria that used...
Nature
Lower order roots exert the greatest selective pressure on microbial communities, impacting microbial composition and abundance. This study found that lower order roots of six temperate tree species have a...
Springer Nature
Global warming, driven by rising CO2 and other greenhouse gases, is a major challenge. Sustainable agriculture, improved soil carbon storage, and reforestation can help control carbon emissions.
MDPI
Plant roots play a crucial role in soil ecosystems, affecting carbon and nutrient cycling, weathering, and soil formation. Cover crops enhance soil quality by reducing nutrient loss and improving water...
Frontiers in Microbiology
This study analyzed maize rhizosphere microbiota along the root axis, finding high variability and shifts in microbial community composition. Root tips exhibited random assembly, while more deterministic processes influenced communities...
Cell
Using TRAP-seq, root responses to Verticillium longisporum, Phytophthora parasitica, and Serendipita indica revealed distinct reactions to pathogens and mutualists: pathogen suppression of endodermal barriers and differential antimicrobial compound production. This...
Frontiers in Microbiology
The distribution of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase gene (acdS)-carrying bacteria in the maize rhizosphere is influenced by soil type, depth, and root hairs. Amplicon sequencing revealed that acdS-carrying bacteria, mostly Actinobacteria and...
Microbial Ecology
Root diameter and depth significantly affect bacterial community composition and network dynamics. In black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.), bacterial alpha diversity decreased with root diameter, with coarse roots (>2 mm)...
Journal of Experimental Botany
Enhancing root system traits in cereals through integrated genomic and phenomic approaches is crucial for improving yield and sustainability under drought stress. This review explores root system variations in cereals...
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Communities of soil microorganisms (soil microbiomes) play a major role in biogeochemical cycles and support of plant growth. Here we focus primarily on the roles that the soil microbiome plays...
PNAS
The tomato rhizosphere microbiome influences root exudate composition via a systemic root–root signalling mechanism. This study showed that microbial colonization of one root can alter exudate composition in a distant...
Cell
Engineered e. coli can produce all its biomass carbon from CO2, representing a breakthrough in synthetic biology for carbon recycling
PubMed
The paper discusses strategies for scaling up microbial processes for industrial applications.
PubMed
RNA-seq data analysis can accurately detect differential gene expression, providing insights into gene regulation and cellular function.
