Hazelnut is one of the four major nuts in the world and has high nutritional and economic value. This study employed Illumina sequencing of ITS rDNA and 16S rRNA genes to identify the seasonal changes in soil microbial community, the predominant envi...
Organic wastes have the potential to be used as soil organic amendments after undergoing a process of stabilization such as composting or as a resource of renewable energy by anaerobic digestion (AD). Both composting and AD are well-known, eco-friend...
This study examines the impact of continuous cropping (short-term: 1–8 years; medium-term: 9–15 years; long-term: 16–30 years) on soil microbial community diversity, co-occurrence networks, and assembly processes in Xinjiang’s...
Altitude-driven environmental changes influence the persistence of soil organic carbon (SOC) via microbial metabolic pathways. However, the degree to which the network robustness of microbial communities directly predicts the persistence of organic c...
Broussonetia papyrifera has a high lignocellulose content leading to poor palatability and low digestion rate of ruminants. Thus, dynamic profiles of fermentation lignocellulose characteristics, microbial community structure, potential function, and...
The karst region is highly ecologically fragile due to its unique geology and poor water and nutrient retention. Despite long-term restoration, vegetation often remains in the secondary shrubland stage. Soil microorganisms play a vital role in mainta...
Increased Nitrogen (N) input exerts significant impact on the functional integrity of terrestrial ecosystems, with alpine grasslands being particularly susceptible. Soil microbes are intricately intertwined with nearly all facets of essential biogeoc...
Exploring the structural characteristics of arid soil microbial communities and their assembly mechanisms is important for understanding the ecological characteristics of arid zone soils and promoting ecological restoration. In this study, we used Il...
Detecting microbial interactions is essential to the understanding of the structure and function of the gut microbiome. In this study, microbial co-occurrence patterns were inferred using a random matrix theory based approach in the gut microbiome of...
Natural microbial communities in soils are highly diverse, allowing for rich networks of microbial interactions to unfold. Identifying key players in these networks is difficult as the distribution of microbial diversity at the local scale is typical...
The transition between anaerobic and aerobic conditions represents a fundamental ecological process occurring ubiquitously in both natural ecosystems and engineered wastewater treatment systems. This study investigated the microbial community success...
Planktonic microorganisms in aquatic ecosystems form complex assemblages of highly interactive taxa and play key roles in biogeochemical cycles. However, the microbial interactions within bacterial and microeukaryotic communities, and the mechanisms...
Accumulated evidence suggests that the cruciferous vegetables-derived compound indole-3-carbinol (I3C) may protect against prostate cancer, but the precise mechanisms underlying its action remain unclear. This study aimed to verify the hypothesis tha...
Nitrogen application significantly affects microorganisms in agricultural ecosystems. However, it is still unclear how nitrogen application affects soil chemical properties and microbial communities in purple mudstone weathering products. In this stu...
The coastal waters of Qinhuangdao are a major hotspot for harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Bohai Sea, with Noctiluca scintillans being one of the primary algal species responsible for these events. A comprehensive understanding of the microbial com...
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) is associated with Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), a devastating disease in the US. Previously, we conducted a two-year-long monthly HLB survey by quantitative real-time PCR using root DNA fractions prepared from...
The gut microbiota of fish is crucial for their growth, development, nutrient uptake, physiological balance, and disease resistance. Yet our knowledge of these microbial communities in wild fish populations in their natural ecosystems is insufficient...
Soil microbial communities are fundamental to ecosystem function and soil health, yet how differing land-use intensities shape these communities and their interaction networks remains unclear. We investigated soils from greenhouse cultivation (GH), a...
Microbial communities are crucial to maintaining the ecological health of lakes, but their response to water quality and eutrophication is poorly understood. This study analyzed seasonal variation in the effect of water quality parameters on microbia...
Fertilization plays a vital role in replenishing soil nutrients, shaping microbial community composition, and enhancing agricultural productivity. Castor bean cake (CBC) is a nitrogen- and carbon-rich by-product increasingly used as an organic amendm...
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has a profound impact on soil nitrogen (N) cycling within terrestrial ecosystems, altering the microbial community structure and composition. To investigate how nitrogen deposition impacts microbial communities across...
Litter decomposition dynamics are largely governed by microbial interactions. While the involvement of endophytic fungi in early-stage decomposition and microbial succession is well established, their species-specific contributions to decomposer comm...
Honey bees, as vital pollinators and essential contributors to terrestrial ecosystems, play a critical role in maintaining biodiversity and ecological stability. Beyond their role as pollinators, honey bees are increasingly recognized as bioindicator...
Coal gangue is a solid waste emitted during coal production. Coal gangue is deployed adjacent to mining land and has characteristics similar to those of the soils of these areas. Coal gangue–soil ecosystems provide habitats for a rich and activ...
The effectiveness of microbial inoculants in agriculture is often limited by their unstable colonization in dynamic soil environments. We investigated the impact of application timing and continuity of a four-member synthetic microbial community (Syn...
The ecological restoration of degraded alpine steppe is a critical component of ecological conservation efforts on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau. In this study, we investigated the effects of fertilization, reseeding, and combined fertilization w...
Studies on microbial communities associated with foliage in natural ecosystems have grown in number in recent years yet have rarely focused on urban ecosystems. With urbanization, phyllosphere microorganisms in the urban environment have come under p...
Although the afforestation of former arable lands is a common global land-use conversion, its impact on soil microbial communities at the aggregate scale has not been adequately addressed. In this study, soil samples were categorized into large macro...
Soil microorganisms play critical roles in mediating soil fertility. Exploring the effect of fertilization on soil microbial communities is of great importance to comprehend the sustainability of agriculture. However, the impacts of the application o...
Soil-borne diseases represent a major constraint on the sustainable cultivation of morel mushrooms (Morchella spp.), yet the microbial ecological mechanisms driving disease occurrence and progression remain poorly understood. In this study, we conduc...
Coastal saline–alkali soils represent one of the most challenging agroecosystems due to coupled chemical, physical, and biological constraints. Although humic acid (HA) and microbial fertilizers (MFs) are recognized as effective amendments, the...
Understanding the underlying mechanism that drives the microbial community mediated by substrates is crucial to enhance the biostimulation in trichloroethene (TCE)-contaminated sites. Here, we investigated the performance of stable TCE-dechlorinating...
The extensive use of antibiotics has resulted in the generation and accumulation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment, and domestic wastewater is one of the main reservoirs of ARGs and resistant bacteria. In this study, Illumina h...
The aim of this study was to assess the regional differences of Procambarus clarkii through analyzing gut microbiota in specimens from different areas in China. The P. clarkii were collected from ten integrated rice–crayfish farming systems loc...
Bioavailable phosphorus is essential for sustaining high crop productivity, yet excessive inorganic P fertilization often leads to P accumulation in stable soil forms, reducing utilization efficiency. Straw serves as an organic P source and enhances...
Nitrification plays a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems and in the biofilters used in fish farms. Despite their importance, the role of canonical nitrifiers, comammox bacteria, and archaea has not yet been sufficiently investigated. The aim of this...
Nitrogen (N) enrichment significantly impacts temperate forest ecosystems, but we lack a comprehensive understanding of the responses of root morphological characteristics, soil microbial communities, and soil multifunctionality concurrently to varyi...
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Benthic biofilms are pioneering microbial aggregates responding to effluent discharge from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, knowledge of the characteristics and linkage of bacterial communities and water-soluble organic matter (WSOM) of...
A summer survey was conducted on the bacterioplankton communities of seven lakes from Byers Peninsula (Maritime Antarctica), differing in trophic and morphological characteristics. Predictions of the metabolic capabilities of these communities were p...
Grafting is a commonly employed technique for enhancing the yield and improving resistance to biotic and abiotic stress of cultivated plants. However, whether and how continuous cropping of grafted plants affects the composition, function, and stabil...
Increasing species richness through rotation is considered a promising measure to enhance agroecosystem functions and services. However, the legacy effects of introducing legumes into a wheat–maize rotation in the North China Plain on soil micr...
Age-related alterations in the gut microbiome composition and its impacts on the host’s health have been well-described; however, detailed analyses of the gut microbial structure defining ecological microbe–microbe interactions are limite...
The response of microbiomes to salinity has been clarified in different geographic scales or ecosystems. However, how soil microbial community structure and interaction respond to salinity across wide salinity range and climatic region is still uncle...
This study examines the role of endophytic microbial colonization on the decomposition of oak leaf litter, a high-quality substrate in forest ecosystems. Over a one-year incubation, we observed a significant reduction in mass loss in colonized litter...
Karst rivers are increasingly contaminated by both heavy metals and nanoplastics, yet their combined impact on riparian litter decomposition remains unresolved. We conducted a 90-day microcosm experiment using Miscanthus floridulus leaf litter collec...
Microorganisms are fundamental drivers of soil productivity, mediating nutrient cycling and pathogen suppression. In this study, we evaluated changes in the fungal community in the soil of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in a field experiment involving t...
Reductive soil disinfestation (RSD) is an effective practice to eliminate plant pathogens and improve the soil microbial community. However, little is known about how RSD treatment affects microbial interactions and functions. Previous study has show...
Against the backdrop of global climate change intensifying seasonal freeze–thaw cycles, deteriorating soil conditions in farmland within seasonal frost zones constrain agricultural sustainability. This study employed an in situ field experiment...
Climate warming and high-intensity human activities threaten the stability of alpine meadow ecosystems. The stability of the soil microbial community is crucial for maintaining ecological service function. However, the effects of warming and litter r...
The influence of bio-compost on the diversity, composition and structure of soil microbial communities is less understood. Here, Illumina MiSeq sequencing and a network analysis were used to comprehensively characterize the effects of 25 years of bio...
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