Background Soil salinization threatens food security and ecosystem health, and is one of the
important drivers to the degradation of many ecosystems around the world. Soil …

Coastal seagrass, mangrove and salt-marsh ecosystems—also termed blue-carbon
ecosystems—play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Much of the organic carbon …

Soil microbes comprise a large portion of the genetic diversity on Earth and influence a large
number of important ecosystem processes. Increasing atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition …

Across the tree of life, populations have evolved the capacity to contend with suboptimal
conditions by engaging in dormancy, whereby individuals enter a reversible state of reduced …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play important roles in carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and
phosphorus (P) cycling of terrestrial ecosystems. The impact of increasing N deposition on …

Background The pure culture of prokaryotes remains essential to elucidating the role of
these organisms. Scientists have reasoned that hard to cultivate microorganisms might grow …

Nitrogen (N) availability is increasing dramatically in many ecosystems, but the influence of
elevated N on the functioning of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in natural ecosystems is …

The balance between nitrate respiration pathways, denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate
(NO3−) reduction to ammonium (DNRA), determines whether bioavailable nitrogen is …

Global nitrogen deposition has increased significantly in recent years. At present, research
on the effects of different amounts and types of nitrogen deposition on soil microorganisms …

Plant–microbe interactions play crucial roles in species invasions but are rarely investigated
at the intraspecific level. Here, we study these interactions in three lineages of a globally …