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 …

Advancing the mechanistic understanding of the priming effect on soil organic matter mineralisation

L Bernard, I Basile‐Doelsch, D Derrien… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The priming effect (PE) is a key mechanism contributing to the carbon balance of the soil
ecosystem. Almost 100 years of research since its discovery in 1926 have led to a rich body …

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 …

Oscillospira-a candidate for the next-generation probiotics

J Yang, Y Li, Z Wen, W Liu, L Meng, H Huang - Gut microbes, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Oscillospira is a class of organism that often appears in high-throughput sequencing data
but has not been purely cultured and is widely present in the animal and human intestines …

Embracing the unknown: disentangling the complexities of the soil microbiome

N Fierer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
Soil microorganisms are clearly a key component of both natural and managed ecosystems.
Despite the challenges of surviving in soil, a gram of soil can contain thousands of individual …

DNRA: a short-circuit in biological N-cycling to conserve nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems

CB Pandey, U Kumar, M Kaviraj, KJ Minick… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reviews dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) in soils-a newly
appreciated pathway of nitrogen (N) cycling in the terrestrial ecosystems. The reduction of …

Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe

JW Leff, SE Jones, SM Prober, A Barberán… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
Soil microorganisms are critical to ecosystem functioning and the maintenance of soil
fertility. However, despite global increases in the inputs of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) …

Microbiomes in light of traits: a phylogenetic perspective

JBH Martiny, SE Jones, JT Lennon, AC Martiny - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND Microbial communities—microbiomes—are intricately linked to human
health and critical ecosystem services. New technologies allow the rapid characterization of …