Soil quality is the competence of soil to perform necessary functions that are able to maintain
animal and plant productivity of the soil. Soil consists of various physical, chemical, and …

Forests acting as carbon storage and sequestration play an essential role in the global
nutrient cycle, in which fungi are active participants. The forests cover almost all regions from …

Temperate forests are threatened by urbanization and fragmentation, with over
20%(118,300 km2) of US forest land projected to be subsumed by urban land development …

Soil microbes mediate soil organic carbon (SOC) storage by affecting microbial residue
carbon (C) in terrestrial ecosystems, a main source of SOC. However, how microbial residue …

Background Soil and sediment microorganisms are highly phylogenetically diverse but are
currently largely under-represented in public molecular databases. Their functional …

Microbial inoculation plays a significant role in promoting the efficiency of biowaste
conversion. This study investigates the function of Streptomyces-Bacillus Inoculants (SBI) on …

Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) invasions into adjacent forests have been reported to
threaten aboveground biodiversity and alter belowground soil processes. However, the …

We examined denitrifier community abundance and composition in an agricultural and a
wetland soil. Both soils were subjected to manipulations of pH and moisture content in a …

Background Microbiomes contribute to multiple ecosystem services by transforming organic
matter in the soil. Extreme shifts in the environment, such as drying-rewetting cycles during …

How soil microbial respiration responds to climate change can be constrained by historical
climate. Understanding the duration of such legacy effects is key to determining how much …