Recent advances in biology and fertility studies of paddy field soil

S Asakawa, M Nishida, TK Adhya… - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2024 - Springer
Biology and Fertility of Soils observed. Endo-and ecto-rhizosphere of rice is a hot spot of
plant-microbe interactions with various activities of microorganisms including beneficial …

Predatory Protists: the key players in the quest for sustainable agricultural practices

SO Bodur, M Fu**o, R Asiloglu - Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2024 - dergipark.org.tr
To overcome the global problem of food shortage while supporting sustainable life on Earth,
we must appreciate the critical importance of soil microorganisms—the key drivers of …

Investigating protistan predators and bacteria within soil microbiomes in agricultural ecosystems under organic and chemical fertilizer applications

C Liu, Z Zhou, S Sun, Q Zhang, S Sun, X Hang… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2024 - Springer
Organic farming can enhance biodiversity and soil health and is a sustainable alternative to
conventional farming. Yet, soil protists especially protistan predators, have received …

Top-down predators shape soil bacterial community composition while bottom-up nutrients drive bacterial abundance

SO Bodur, K Suzuki, N Harada, R Asiloglu - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although the top-down and bottom-up concept in microbial food-webs has been a primary
interest in ecology, less is still known about it in soil ecosystems. Protists are the primary top …

Ranking environmental and edaphic attributes driving soil microbial community structure and activity with special attention to spatial and temporal scales

VVSR Gupta, JM Tiedje - Mlife, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The incredibly complex soil microbial communities at small scales make their analysis and
identification of reasons for the observed structures challenging. Microbial community …

Nitrogen-based fertilizers differentially affect protist community composition in paddy field soils

SO Bodur, SO Samuel, K Suzuki, N Harada… - Soil Ecology …, 2024 - Springer
Nitrogen fertilizers' effects on protists in three paddy field soils were analyzed. Different
nitrogen fertilizers had distinctive effects on the protist communities. The effect of nitrogen …

Trophic modulation of endophytes by rhizosphere protists

R Asiloglu, SO Bodur, SO Samuel, M Aycan… - The ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The plant-microbe interactions, which is crucial for plant health and productivity, mainly
occur in rhizosphere: a narrow zone of soil surrounding roots of living plants. The …

Soil protist diversity enhances prokaryotic diversity, and regulates dominant prokaryotes and the abundance of key nitrogen cycling genes

ME Perez-Villanueva, SD Jurburg, C Malandain… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Soil protists play crucial roles in soil microbial food-webs by preying on bacteria and other
microorganisms. However, the effect of protist diversity on soil prokaryotic communities …