Microbial life represents the majority of Earth's biodiversity. Across disparate disciplines from
medicine to forestry, scientists continue to discover how the microbiome drives essential …

The development of high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies has greatly improved
our capacity to identify fungi and unveil their ecological roles across a variety of ecosystems …

Soil is a non‐renewable resource that requires constant monitoring to prevent its
degradation and promote its sustainable management. The 'Land Use/Cover Area frame …

Cultivation-independent surveys have shown that the desert soils of Antarctica harbour
surprisingly rich microbial communities,,. Given that phototroph abundance varies across …

Fungi are key players in vital ecosystem services, spanning carbon cycling, decomposition,
symbiotic associations with cultivated and wild plants and pathogenicity. The high …

Fungi are highly important biotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, but we still have a
very limited understanding about their diversity and distribution. This data article releases a …

Culture-independent molecular surveys of plant root microbiomes indicate that soil type
generally has a stronger influence on microbial communities than host phylogeny. However …

Background Coral reefs are facing unprecedented pressure on local and global scales.
Sensitive and rapid markers for ecosystem stress are urgently needed to underpin effective …

Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient that is often in limited supply, with P availability
constraining biomass production in many terrestrial ecosystems. Despite decades of work …

Soils are a fundamental component of terrestrial ecosystems, and play key roles in
biogeochemical cycles and the ecology of microbial, plant and animal communities. Global …