Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry

NW Sokol, E Slessarev, GL Marschmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

Mycorrhizal symbiosis in plant growth and stress adaptation: from genes to ecosystems

J Shi, X Wang, E Wang - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Plant roots associate with diverse microbes (including bacteria, fungi, archaea, protists, and
viruses) collectively called the root-associated microbiome. Among them, mycorrhizal fungi …

Microbial interactions for nutrient acquisition in soil: miners, scavengers, and carriers

T Cao, Y Luo, M Shi, X Tian, Y Kuzyakov - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial interactions in soil are hidden, as they occur stealthily in a 'dark box'. This greatly
limits our understanding of microbial functions. Here, soil microorganisms were classified …

Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, phosphate–solubilizing bacteria, and silicon to P uptake by plant

H Etesami, BR Jeong, BR Glick - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phosphorus (P) availability is usually low in soils around the globe. Most soils have a
deficiency of available P; if they are not fertilized, they will not be able to satisfy the P …

Linking root exudation to belowground economic traits for resource acquisition

Z Wen, PJ White, J Shen, H Lambers - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of a root economics space (RES) is increasingly adopted to explore root trait
variation and belowground resource‐acquisition strategies. Much progress has been made …

Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbioses

A Genre, L Lanfranco, S Perotto… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Mycorrhizas are among the most important biological interkingdom interactions, as they
involve~ 340,000 land plants and~ 50,000 taxa of soil fungi. In these mutually beneficial …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi conducting the hyphosphere bacterial orchestra

L Zhang, J Zhou, TS George, E Limpens, G Feng - Trends in plant science, 2022 - cell.com
More than two-thirds of terrestrial plants acquire nutrients by forming a symbiosis with
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. AM fungal hyphae recruit distinct microbes into their …

Roles of phosphate solubilizing microorganisms from managing soil phosphorus deficiency to mediating biogeochemical P cycle

J Tian, F Ge, D Zhang, S Deng, X Liu - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms (PSMs), a large microflora that
mediate bioavailable soil P, play a critical role in soil by mineralizing organic P, solubilizing …

Plant evolution driven by interactions with symbiotic and pathogenic microbes

PM Delaux, S Schornack - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Microbial interactions have shaped plant diversity in terrestrial ecosystems.
By forming mutually beneficial symbioses, microbes helped plants colonize land more than …

[HTML][HTML] Efficiency of microbial bio-agents as elicitors in plant defense mechanism under biotic stress: A review

A Zehra, NA Raytekar, M Meena, P Swapnil - Current Research in Microbial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerous harmful microorganisms and insect pests have the ability to cause plant
infections or damage, which is mostly controlled by toxic chemical agents. These chemical …