Protists are the dominant eukaryotes in the biosphere where they play key functional roles.
While protists have been studied for over a century, it is the high-throughput sequencing of …

Streptophytes are one of the major groups of the green lineage (Chloroplastida or
Viridiplantae). During one billion years of evolution, streptophytes have radiated into an …

Soil protists play an essential role in shaping microbial community structure and soil nutrient
cycling. However, our understanding of land use effects on soil protists and their functions in …

Protists, in particular bacterivores, are essential players in the rhizosphere; thus, how their
interactions with bacteria and fungi affect plant productivity and soil nutrient cycles warrants …

The successful colonization of new habitats has played a fundamental role during the
evolution of life. Salinity is one of the strongest barriers for organisms to cross, which has …

Protists are major actors of soil communities and play key roles in shaping food webs,
community assembly, and ecosystem processes, yet their functional diversity is …

Although widely used in ecology, comparative analyses of diversity and niche properties are
still lacking for microorganisms, especially focusing on niche variations. Quantifying the …

Protists, a crucial part of the soil food web, are increasingly acknowledged as significant
influencers of nutrient cycling and plant performance in farmlands. While topographical and …

Climate change is causing upward shift of forest lines worldwide, with consequences for soil
biota and carbon (C) sequestration. We here analyse compositional changes in the soil …

Microbial food webs are drivers of material circulation and energy flow in lake ecosystems.
The structural shifting of microbial food webs has important implications for the function of …