Biological soil crusts are thin, inconspicuous communities along the soil atmosphere
ecotone that, until recently, were unrecognized by ecologists and even more so by …

Endophytic bacteria, living inside plants, are competent plant colonizers, capable of
enhancing immune responses in plants and establishing a mutual relationship with them …

Ecological restoration is practiced worldwide as a direct response to the degradation and
destruction of ecosystems. In addition to its ecological impact it has enormous potential to …

Soil salinization poses an important threat to terrestrial ecosystems and is expected to
increase as a consequence of climate change and anthropogenic pressures. Conventional …

Highlights•Highly productive cyanobacteria could play a key role in carbon sequestration.•
Synthetic biology tools can unlock the potential of new strains for bioproduction.•Coculture …

Biocrusts are the living skin of drylands, comprising diverse microbial communities that are
essential to desert ecosystems. Despite there being extensive knowledge on biocrust …

Dryland ecosystems can be constrained by low soil fertility. Within drylands, the soil nutrient
and organic carbon (C) cycling that does occur is often mediated by soil surface …

Numerous studies have examined bacterial communities in biological soil crusts (BSCs)
associated with warm arid to semiarid ecosystems. Few, however, have examined bacterial …

Soils are a hotspot for the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. The effects of
agrochemical treatments on the bacterial community of agricultural soils and the content of …

Introduction Soil microbial communities, including biological soil crust microbiomes, play key
roles in water, carbon and nitrogen cycling, biological weathering, and other nutrient …