The concept of one health highlights that human health is not isolated but connected to the
health of animals, plants and environments. In this Review, we demonstrate that soils are a …

Communities of soil microorganisms (soil microbiomes) play a major role in biogeochemical
cycles and support of plant growth. Here we focus primarily on the roles that the soil …

The secretion of extracellular enzymes by soil microbes is rate-limiting in the recycling of
biomass. Fungi and bacteria compete and collaborate for nutrients in the soil, with wide …

Environmental microbiome engineering is emerging as a potential avenue for climate
change mitigation. In this process, microbial inocula are introduced to natural microbial …

Soil aggregates provide spatially heterogeneous microenvironments for soil microbiome
and ecological processes. Revealing the nuances of assembly processes in aggregates is …

Microbial community succession is a fundamental process that affects underlying functions
of almost all ecosystems; yet the roles and fates of the most abundant colonizers are often …

Plant growth-promoting bacteria are commonly used in agriculture, particularly for seed
inoculation. Multispecies consortia are believed to be the most promising form of these …

Plant and soil elemental ratios of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) play a central
role in sha** the composition and structure of microbial communities. However, the …

Although the accomplishments of microbiome engineering highlight its significance for the
targeted manipulation of microbial communities, knowledge and technical gaps still limit the …

Viruses are abundant, ubiquitous members of soil communities that kill microbial cells, but
how they respond to perturbation of soil ecosystems is essentially unknown. Here, we …