Soils are a main repository of biodiversity harbouring immense diversity of microbial species
that plays a central role in fundamental ecological processes and acts as the seed bank for …

Soil stability and aggregates are important drivers of soil fertility and microbial diversity and
are highly vulnerable to land degradation. However, the role of soil aggregates in driving the …

Nitrogen (N) cycling within terrestrial ecosystem is largely controlled by networks of
prokaryotic microbial communities that mediate the conversion, immobilization, and turnover …

As the cornerstone of most soil microbial diversity and abundance research, soil DNA
extraction is inherently influenced by soil sample sizes, yet the effects remain far from fully …

Microbial diversities are key drivers of soil multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems and are
important for stability and productivity of ecosystems. However, the relationships among …

Purpose Forest ecosystems are crucial for maintaining high levels of bacterial diversity and
containing high amounts of carbon (C), both of which play essential roles in regulating C …

Cover crops (CCs) are regarded as beneficial to agricultural practice as an option for soil
quality improvement in field production systems. The main goal of this study was to assess …

Investigating the composition and metabolic capacity of aquatic microbial assemblages
usually requires the filtration of multi-litre samples, which are up to 1 million-fold larger than …

The multifunctionality of soil ecosystems depends on the soil structure and
microenvironment because soil is a multi-structured, interconnected system. However, how …

Agricultural ecosystems contribute significantly to atmospheric emissions of soil nitrous
oxide (N 2 O), which exacerbate environmental pollution and contribute to global warming …