Capturing the microbial volatilome: an oft overlooked'ome'

LK Meredith, MM Tfaily - Trends in Microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
Among the diverse metabolites produced by microbial communities, some are volatile.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are vigorously cycled by microbes as metabolic …

Metabolomics in antimicrobial drug discovery

R Aminov - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction In light of the ever-escalating problem of antimicrobial resistance, there is an
urgent need for the development of new antimicrobials. In this review, the role of …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal responses of dissolved organic matter under global change

A Hu, KS Jang, AJ Tanentzap, W Zhao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The diversity of intrinsic traits of different organic matter molecules makes it challenging to
predict how they, and therefore the global carbon cycle, will respond to climate change …

Climate warming and elevated CO2 alter peatland soil carbon sources and stability

NOE Ofiti, MWI Schmidt, S Abiven, PJ Hanson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Peatlands are an important carbon (C) reservoir storing one-third of global soil organic
carbon (SOC), but little is known about the fate of these C stocks under climate change …

Whole-ecosystem warming increases plant-available nitrogen and phosphorus in an ombrotrophic bog

CM Iversen, J Latimer, DJ Brice, J Childs… - Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
Warming is expected to increase the net release of carbon from peatland soils, contributing
to future warming. This positive feedback may be moderated by the response of peatland …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term warming of a forest soil reduces microbial biomass and its carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies

Y Tian, A Schindlbacher, CU Malo, C Shi… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global warming impacts biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems, but it is still
unclear how the simultaneous cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in soils could be …

Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea have conserved and expressed genetic repertoires

MC Schoelmerich, L Ly, J West-Roberts, LD Shi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Borgs are huge extrachromosomal elements (ECE) of anaerobic methane-consuming
“Candidatus Methanoperedens” archaea. Here, we used nanopore sequencing to validate …

Climate drivers alter nitrogen availability in surface peat and decouple N2 fixation from CH4 oxidation in the Sphagnum moss microbiome

C Petro, AA Carrell, RM Wilson… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peat mosses (Sphagnum spp.) are keystone species in boreal peatlands, where they
dominate net primary productivity and facilitate the accumulation of carbon in thick peat …

Plant organic matter inputs exert a strong control on soil organic matter decomposition in a thawing permafrost peatland

RM Wilson, MA Hough, BA Verbeke… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Peatlands are climate critical carbon (C) reservoirs that could become a C source under
continued warming. A strong relationship between plant tissue chemistry and the soil …

Elevated temperatures drive abiotic and biotic degradation of organic matter in a peat bog under oxic conditions

R AminiTabrizi, K Dontsova, NG Grachet… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the effects of elevated temperatures on soil organic matter (SOM)
decomposition pathways in northern peatlands is central to predicting their fate under future …