Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals distinct phosphorus acquisition strategies between soil microbiomes

X Wu, C Rensing, D Han, KQ **ao, Y Dai, Z Tang… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enhancing soil phosphate solubilization is a promising strategy for agricultural sustainability,
while little is known about the mechanisms of how microorganisms cope with differing …

Building a genome-based understanding of bacterial pH preferences

J Ramoneda, E Stallard-Olivera, M Hoffert… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The environmental preferences of many microbes remain undetermined. This is the case for
bacterial pH preferences, which can be difficult to predict a priori despite the importance of …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution of phosphorus cycling genes across land uses and microbial taxonomic groups based on metagenome and genome mining

JA Siles, R Starke, T Martinovic, MLP Fernandes… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) is an essential and limiting nutrient in soil and is tightly linked to soil fertility
and productivity. Microorganisms have developed different mechanisms to respond to P …

Plant microbiomes harbor potential to promote nutrient turnover in impoverished substrates of a Brazilian biodiversity hotspot

AP Camargo, RSC de Souza, J Jose… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The substrates of the Brazilian campos rupestre s, a grassland ecosystem, have extremely
low concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen, imposing restrictions to plant growth …

Bacterial genome size and gene functional diversity negatively correlate with taxonomic diversity along a pH gradient

C Wang, QY Yu, NN Ji, Y Zheng, JW Taylor… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacterial gene repertoires reflect adaptive strategies, contribute to ecosystem functioning
and are limited by genome size. However, gene functional diversity does not necessarily …

Dietary vitamin K is remodeled by gut microbiota and influences community composition

JL Ellis, JP Karl, AM Oliverio, X Fu, JW Soares… - Gut …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Vitamins have well-established roles in bacterial metabolism. Menaquinones (MKn, n=
prenyl units in sidechain) are bacterially produced forms of vitamin K produced by the gut …

The microbial degradation of natural and anthropogenic phosphonates

F Ruffolo, T Dinhof, L Murray, E Zangelmi, JP Chin… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phosphonates are compounds containing a direct carbon–phosphorus (C–P) bond, which is
particularly resistant to chemical and enzymatic degradation. They are environmentally …

Taxonomic and environmental distribution of bacterial amino acid auxotrophies

J Ramoneda, TBN Jensen, MN Price… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Many microorganisms are auxotrophic—unable to synthesize the compounds they require
for growth. With this work, we quantify the prevalence of amino acid auxotrophies across a …

A review of the reactivity of phosphatase controlled by clays and clay minerals: implications for understanding phosphorus mineralization in soils

A Chen, Y Arai - Clays and Clay Minerals, 2023 - cambridge.org
Mineralizable macronutrients (eg C, N, P, and S) are sorbed readily (ie adsorption and
precipitation) in clays and clay minerals. Phosphorus (P) is one of the limiting macronutrients …

Cadmium-resistant phosphate-solubilizing bacteria immobilized on phosphoric acid-ball milling modified biochar enhances soil cadmium passivation and phosphorus …

T Zhang, T Li, Z Zhou, Z Li, S Zhang, G Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) can accumulate in agriculture soil from the regular application of phosphorus
(P) fertilizer. Microbiological method is considered as a potentially effective strategy that can …