Soil microorganisms shape global element cycles in life and death. Living soil
microorganisms are a major engine of terrestrial biogeochemistry, driving the turnover of soil …

Due to their substantial volume, subsoils contain more of the total soil carbon (C) pool than
topsoils. Much of this C is thousands of years old, suggesting that subsoils offer …

Bacterial specialized metabolites are a proven source of antibiotics and cancer therapies,
but whether we have sampled all the secondary metabolite chemical diversity of cultivated …

Over 70% of soil organic carbon (SOC) is stored at a depth greater than 20 cm belowground.
A portion of this deep SOC actively cycles on annual to decadal timescales and is sensitive …

Soil is an extremely complex and dynamic matrix, in part, due to the wide diversity of
organisms living within it. Soil organic matter (SOM) is the fundamental substrate on which …

In deep-sea cold seeps, microbial communities thrive on the geological seepage of
hydrocarbons and inorganic compounds, differing from photosynthetically driven …

The growing problem of antibiotic resistance has led to the exploration of uncultured
bacteria as potential sources of new antimicrobials. PCR amplicon analyses and short-read …

Several fungi act as parasites for crops causing huge annual crop losses at both pre-and
post-harvest stages. For years, chemical fungicides were the solution; however, their wide …

Cancer stands in the frontline among leading killers worldwide and the annual mortality rate
is expected to reach 16.4 million by 2040. Humans suffer from about 200 different types of …

Soil is a living ecosystem, the health of which depends on fine interactions among its abiotic
and biotic components. These form a delicate equilibrium maintained through a multilayer …