BACKGROUND Microbial communities—microbiomes—are intricately linked to human
health and critical ecosystem services. New technologies allow the rapid characterization of …

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

Soils harbour some of the most diverse microbiomes on Earth and are essential for both
nutrient cycling and carbon storage. To understand soil functioning, it is necessary to model …

Microbial metabolism powers biogeochemical cycling in Earth's ecosystems. The taxonomic
composition of microbial communities varies substantially between environments, but the …

Salinization is recognized as a threat to soil fertility worldwide. A challenge in understanding
the effects of salinity on soil microbial communities is the fact that it can be difficult to …

The long-term effects of different fertilization regimes on the microbial functional potential of
soils involving nutrient cycling remain largely unknown. Here, metagenomic sequencing …

Ecological community assembly is governed by a combination of (i) selection resulting from
among-taxa differences in performance;(ii) dispersal resulting from organismal movement; …

Temperature sensitivity (Q10) of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition is a crucial
parameter to predict the fate of soil carbon (C) under global warming. Nonetheless, the …

Biological diversity, the variety of living organisms on Earth, is traditionally viewed as the
diversity of taxa, and species in particular. However, other facets of diversity also need to be …

Microorganisms drive much of the Earth's nitrogen (N) cycle, but we still lack a global
overview of the abundance and composition of the microorganisms carrying out soil N …