Forest microbiome: diversity, complexity and dynamics

P Baldrian - FEMS Microbiology reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

Verrucomicrobial methanotrophs: ecophysiology of metabolically versatile acidophiles

RA Schmitz, SH Peeters, W Versantvoort… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Methanotrophs are an important group of microorganisms that counteract methane
emissions to the atmosphere. Methane-oxidising bacteria of the Alpha-and …

Bryophytes are predicted to lag behind future climate change despite their high dispersal capacities

F Zanatta, R Engler, F Collart, O Broennimann… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The extent to which species can balance out the loss of suitable habitats due to climate
warming by shifting their ranges is an area of controversy. Here, we assess whether highly …

Potential role of submerged macrophytes for oxic methane production in aquatic ecosystems

S Hilt, HP Grossart, DF McGinnis… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) from aquatic ecosystems contributes to about half of total global CH4
emissions to the atmosphere. Until recently, aquatic biogenic CH4 production was …

Novel metabolic interactions and environmental conditions mediate the boreal peatmoss-cyanobacteria mutualism

AA Carrell, D Veličković, TJ Lawrence… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Interactions between Sphagnum (peat moss) and cyanobacteria play critical roles in
terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycling processes. Knowledge of the metabolites exchanged …

Experimental warming alters the community composition, diversity, and N2 fixation activity of peat moss (Sphagnum fallax) microbiomes

AA Carrell, M Kolton, JB Glass… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sphagnum‐dominated peatlands comprise a globally important pool of soil carbon (C) and
are vulnerable to climate change. While peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum are known to …

Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon …

M Kolton, DJ Weston, X Mayali, PK Weber… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum are ecosystem engineers that frequently predominate
over photosynthetic production in boreal peatlands. Sphagnum spp. host diverse microbial …

Bog ecosystems as a playground for plant–microbe coevolution: bryophytes and vascular plants harbour functionally adapted bacteria

WA Wicaksono, T Cernava, C Berg, G Berg - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Bogs are unique ecosystems inhabited by distinctive, coevolved assemblages
of organisms, which play a global role for carbon storage, climate stability, water quality and …

Unraveling host–microbe interactions and ecosystem functions in moss–bacteria symbioses

DO Alvarenga, K Rousk - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mosses are non-vascular plants usually found in moist and shaded areas, with great
ecological importance in several ecosystems. This is especially true in northern latitudes …

Anatomical constraints to nonstomatal diffusion conductance and photosynthesis in lycophytes and bryophytes

M Carriquí, M Roig‐Oliver, TJ Brodribb… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthesis in bryophytes and lycophytes has received less attention than terrestrial
plant groups. In particular, few studies have addressed the nonstomatal diffusion …