Recent research has expanded our understanding of microbial community assembly.
However, the field of community ecology is inaccessible to many microbial ecologists …

Recently, microbiologists have established the existence of biogeographic patterns among a
wide range of microorganisms. The focus of the field is now shifting to identifying the …

Background Soil microbiomes play an important role in the services and functioning of
terrestrial ecosystems. However, little is known of their vertical responses to restoration …

Revealing the roles of biotic factors in driving community assembly, which is crucial for the
understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem functions, is a fundamental but infrequently …

To improve the knowledge about the biogeographic patterns of bacteria in soils
contaminated with crude oil, we studied the effects of local geochemical properties and …

The rhizosphere microbiome is regulated by plant genotype, root exudates and
environment. There is substantial interest in breeding and managing crops that host root …

Microbial activities in Arctic and Antarctic soils are of particular interest due to uncertainty
surrounding the fate of the enormous polar soil organic matter (SOM) pools and the potential …

Detrimental host–pathogen interactions are a normal phenomenon in aquaculture animal
production, and have been counteracted by prophylactic use of antibiotics. Especially, the …

The classical view states that microbial biogeography is not affected by dispersal barriers or
historical events, but only influenced by the local contemporary habitat conditions (species …

The gap between current average global wheat yields and that achievable through best
agronomic management and crop genetics is large. This is notable in intensive wheat …