The living soil is instrumental to key life support functions (LSF) that safeguard life on Earth.
The soil microbiome has a main role as a driver of these LSF. Current global developments …

Cyanolichens are obligate symbioses between fungi and cyanobacteria. In these
associations the cyanobacterial symbiont can either be the sole photosynthetic partner or a …

Nostoc is a complex and tough genus to differentiate, and its morphological plasticity makes
it taxonomically complicated. Its cryptic diversity and almost no distinguishable …

Following the retreat of a glacier, microbial colonization paves the way for future plant
successions as nutrients are gradually introduced into the ecosystem. Characterizing the …

Bryophyte establishment represents a positive feedback process that enhances soil
development in newly exposed terrain. Further, biological nitrogen (N) fixation by …

Ecological disturbances triggered by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are of fundamental
importance in structuring the temperate forests of southwestern South America and New …

Liverwort Blasia pusilla L. recruits soil nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria of genus Nostoc as
symbiotic partners. In this work we compared Nostoc community composition inside the …

Two Nostoc-like strains have been isolated, purified, cultured and identified on the basis of
the polyphasic approach using morphological, ecological, molecular and phylogenetic …

Filamentous cyanobacteria are important primary producers and N 2 fixers in many
terrestrial environments. As reduced nitrogen is often limiting, some thalloid liverworts …

Premise Nitrogen‐fixing endosymbioses with cyanobacteria have evolved independently in
five very different plant lineages. Expanding knowledge of these symbioses promises to …