Strains of the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus Rhizophagus irregularis belong to one of two nuclear organizations: homokaryons, which carry genetically similar nuclei, and dikaryons, which harbour ...

Cover crop composition, not diversity, was the strongest driver of changes to, and legacy effects on, soil microbial communities, agroecosystem multifunctionality and wheat yield. Our results highlig...

AbstractSummary. CONSTAX—the CONSensus TAXonomy classifier—was developed for accurate and reproducible taxonomic annotation of fungal rDNA amplicon sequenc

A new benchmarking study comparing PacBio, Illumina, and Oxford Nanopore finds that HiFi sequencing delivers the lowest error rate and highest taxa recovery for environmental metabarcoding. Here's wha...

Abstract. Methanogenic archaea research is challenged by limited strain resources, fragmented genomic data, inconsistent genome quality, substantial uncult

Abstract. Accurate taxonomic assignment of 16S rRNA gene sequences is essential for the reliable interpretation of microbial community studies based on amp

Public molecular databases (i.e., SILVA, EUKARYOME, BOLD) for most microbial metazoan phyla (nematodes, tardigrades, kinorhynchs, etc.) are sparsely populated, negatively impacting our ability to ass...

Recent discussions on soil health, soil degradation, and soil security have increased awareness of Canada’s forests and their soils as national assets. Foremost is their ability to support timber prod...

A greenhouse study tested how spatial distribution of soil nutrients and drought affect native and alien plants. Two alien and two native herbaceous specie

The traditional model of plant–arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal coevolution, based solely on interactions between plants and AM fungi, became obsolete with the discovery of the critical roles that belowground microbiomes play in the function of mycorrhizal symbiosis. Based on insights into hyphosphere microbiota, we expand the plant–AM fungus–bacterium continuum into a multipartite AM fungal-orchestrated holobiont (H-AMF) framework, where AM fungi integrate plant roots with soil microbiota into a cross-kingdom ecological unit. A division of labor exists among plants, AM fungi, and hyphosphere microbes in the mycocentric H-AMF perspective. We summarize mechanisms by which AM fungi sustain cooperative relationships with plants and hyphosphere microbiota and propose holobiont-scale methodologies to advance understanding of plant–fungal–microbial interactions and their ecological functions.

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Mycorrhizal strategy could be one of the factors that explain why certain non-native species become successful invaders. This study tests this idea at the global scale and explores geographic patterns...

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The Landscape Ecology Group at the University of Potsdam invites applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position (100%, TV-L 13), starting as soon as possible. We work at the interface of…

Computational Biologist (m/f/d) - Genome Editing Trait Discovery

Abstract. Most biologically relevant traits are quantitative, controlled by multiple genes, and can be influenced by the environment. The multiple genes, c

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NIOO has recently set the ambition to harmonise data collection and strengthen data management across the institute. This will support NIOO's Open Science ambitions as the national hub for ecology and...

Plants can recruit beneficial microbes to suppress pathogens, offering a route to rational biocontrol beyond empirical screening. Here, the authors use machine learning to identify disease-associated ...

Metaproteomics enables functional insight into microbial communities by identifying and quantifying proteins in complex samples. Yet, heterogeneous analytical workflows and the lack of standardization...

Ammonia-oxidising archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) coexist in streambed sediments, but their contributions to nitrification remain unresolved. Using field sampling, sequencing, qPCR, microcosm incuba....