235 Results Found

Responses of broiler chickens to dietary glycine equivalent (Glyequi) are affected by dietary cysteine and choline. Hence, this study investigated interactive effects among dietary Glyequi, cysteine, and choline on the growth of broiler chickens. Mal...

PipX is a unique cyanobacterial protein identified by its ability to bind to PII and NtcA, two key regulators involved in the integration of signals of the nitrogen/carbon and energy status, with a tremendous impact on nitrogen assimilation and gene...

Yeast two-hybrid approaches, which are based on fusion proteins that must co-localise to the nucleus to reconstitute the transcriptional activity of GAL4, have greatly contributed to our understanding of the nitrogen interaction network of cyanobacte...

Cyanobacteria, microorganisms performing oxygenic photosynthesis, must adapt their metabolic processes to environmental challenges such as day and night changes. PipX, a unique regulatory protein from cyanobacteria, provides a mechanistic link betwee...

Nitrogen (N) is an essential element both affecting rhizosphere microorganisms within soil and supporting plant nutrition; however, little is known about how the rhizosphere microbial community composition of tiger nut in sandy soil responds to nitro...

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...

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...

Cereals and, especially, rice, maize, and wheat, are essential commodities, on which human nutrition is based. Expanding population and food demand have required higher production which has been achieved by increasing fertilization, and especially ni...

This study aims to understand the influence of nitrogen accumulation, fungal endophyte, yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and grain nutritional quality parameters on the yield of quinoa in some areas of China. The endophytic microbial community in plan...

Increased nitrogen deposition profoundly impacts ecosystem nutrient cycling and poses a significant ecological challenge. Soil microorganisms are vital for carbon and nutrient cycling in ecosystems; however, the response of soil microbial communities...

Reducing nitrogen fertilizer application highlights its role in optimizing soil bacterial communities to achieve sustainable agriculture. However, the specific mechanisms of bacterial community change under these conditions are not yet clear. In this...

Nitrogen (N) fertilizer has a major influence on the yield and quality. Understanding and optimising the response of crop plants to nitrogen fertilizer usage is of central importance in enhancing food security and agricultural sustainability. In this...

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...

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation is an important part of the nitrogen biogeochemical cycles and the main nitrogen source of the biosphere. As a classical model system for symbiotic nitrogen fixation, rhizobium-legume systems have been studied elaborately...

Nitrogen is an important nutrient required for plant growth and development, but most of the time plants face nitrogen deficiency, all it is important to study the mechanism of low nitrogen tolerance in plants. This study addresses this gap by invest...

This study investigates the effects of different land-use types (forest, arable land, and wetland) on key soil properties, microbial communities, and nitrogen cycling in the Lesser Khingan Mountains. The results revealed that forest (FL) and wetland...

In this research, we successfully synthesized nitrogen-enriched microporous carbon through a meticulous process involving two different activation procedures. Initially, polybenzoxazine was carbonized at 800 °C to create a precursor material, whi...

Nutrient removal in tidal flow constructed wetlands (TF-CW) is a complex series of nonlinear multi-parameter interactions. We simulated three tidal flow systems and a continuous vertical flow system filled with synthetic wastewater and compared the i...

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) establishes symbiosis with rhizobacteria, developing the symbiotic nodule, where the biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) occurs. The redox control is key for guaranteeing the establishment and correct function of the B...

Diatom–bacteria interactions evolved during more than 200 million years of coexistence in the same environment. In this time frame, they established complex and heterogeneous cohorts and consortia, creating networks of multiple cell-to-cell mut...

The TGA (TGACG motif-binding factor) transcription factors are integral to root growth and development, and are pivotal in mediating plant responses to abiotic stresses. Nonetheless, their role in the nutrient absorption processes of banana plants ha...

Commonly studied in the context of legume–rhizobia symbiosis, biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a key component of the nitrogen cycle in nature. Despite its potential in plant breeding and many years of research, information is still lackin...

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is a crucial vegetable crop, requiring significant nitrogen fertilizer inputs. However, excessive nitrogen application not only impairs growth but also poses severe environmental risks. Thus, enhancing nitrogen use effic...

Soil microbes play a crucial role in ecosystem function. Here, the effects of soil and water conservation measures on soil microbial community structures, biodiversity, and co-occurrence networks are investigated and compared. We sampled soils at thr...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) represents a crucial factor in agricultural production, and its accumulation is influenced by soil microbial community and microbial metabolism. Straw returning combined with decomposing agents is recognized practice to enha...

BnIPT gene family members in Brassica napus and analyzing their expression under different exogenous hormones and abiotic stress treatments to provide a theoretical basis for clarifying their functions and molecular genetic mechanisms in nitrogen def...

Creatinine measurement in blood and urine is an important diagnostic test for assessing kidney health. In this study, a molecularly imprinted polymer was obtained by incorporating fluorescent nanodiamond into a creatinine-imprinted polyacrylamide hyd...

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is globally considered an important crop for sugar and biofuel production. During sugarcane production, the heavy reliance on chemical nitrogen fertilizer has resulted in low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and high loss. Up...

Biogenic amine-producing bacteria are responsible for the production of basic nitrogenous compounds (histamine, cadaverine, tyramine, and putrescine) following the spoilage of food due to microorganisms. In this study, we adopted a shotgun proteomics...

Imbalanced fertilization and inadequate of straw return have led to soil potassium (K) depletion and fertility decline in croplands of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. However, how these changes affect soil microbial communities remains unclear. We a...

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...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulate gene expression in eukaryotic organisms. Research suggests that lncRNAs may be involved in the regulation of nitrogen use efficiency in plants. In this study, we identified 1628 lncRNAs based on the transcripto...

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...

The soil profile is a strong and complex physicochemical gradient that greatly affects bacterial community structure and function between soil layers. However, little is known about molecular ecological network structure and bacterial community funct...

Alpine meadows on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau are experiencing rapid degradation due to climate change and anthropogenic disturbances, leading to severe ecological consequences. In this study, we investigated the response of soil microbial comm...

The phosphate starvation response (PHR) transcription factor family play central regulatory roles in nutrient signaling, but its relationship with other abiotic stress remains elusive. In the woody plant Eucalyptus grandis, we characterized 12 EgPHRs...

High nitrogen use efficiency is crucial for enhancing spinach’s tolerance to low nitrogen stress and minimizing nitrate accumulation. Here, we report that SoNRT3, a NAR2 family protein, modulates nitrate uptake and plant growth under low-nitrat...

Human interactions have led to the emergence of a higher complexity of urban metabolic networks; hence, traditional natural- or agriculture-oriented biogeochemical models might not be transferred well to urban environments. Increasingly serious envir...

Efficient monitoring of soil inorganic nitrogen is crucial for precision agriculture fertilization and ecological environmental protection. Traditional detection methods are complex and challenging for real-time in situ measurements. This study propo...

Significant differences in the microbial community and diversity in soil have been observed due to organic farming, but little research has been performed for exploring microbial functionality and the co-occurrence of patterns among microbial taxa. I...

Vermiculite is a clay mineral with unique physical properties that plays a significant role in plant cultivation, soil remediation, and solid waste management. In this research, we first explored how vermiculite-to-microbe interactions evolved during...

Nitrogen metabolism (NM) plays an essential role in response to abiotic stresses for plants. Enzyme activities have been extensively studied for nitrogen metabolism-associated pathways, but the knowledge of nitrogen metabolism-associated genes involv...

Soilless cultivation of potatoes often utilizes organic coconut peat and inorganic vermiculite as growing substrates. The unique microbial communities and physicochemical characteristics inherent to each substrate significantly influence the microeco...

Nitrite oxidation, a pivotal process in the nitrogen cycle driven by microorganisms, is primarily carried out by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB). While extensive studies on Nitrospira have been conducted in terrestrial habitats, knowledge of Nitrosp...

This study reported the condition optimization for chlorophyll a (Chl a) from the microalga Isochrysis galbana. The key parameters affecting the Chl a content of I. galbana were determined by a single-factor optimization experiment. Then the individu...

Nitrate is the most prevalent inorganic pollutant in aquatic environments, posing a significant threat to human health and the ecological environment, especially in lakes and groundwater, which are located in the high agricultural activity intensity...

Anammox is a promising approach for biological nitrogen removal, but the differences in microbial community structure across different systems and their response mechanisms to environmental factors remain unclear. In this study, 206 microbial samples...

The conserved cyanobacterial protein PipX is part of a complex interaction network with regulators involved in essential processes that include metabolic homeostasis and ribosome assembly. Because PipX interactions depend on the relative levels of th...

Intercropping affects soil microbial community structure significantly; however, the effects on understory medicinal plants in karst areas remain unclear. We investigated the effects of four intercropping systems (Moso bamboo, Chinese fir, bamboo-fir...

Irrigation has been applied on a large scale for the improvement of grain yield per hectare and production stability. However, the dryland-to-paddy conversion affects the ecological environment of areas of long-term dry farming, especially soil micro...