Contamination with multiple heavy metals decreases microbial diversity and favors generalists as the keystones in microbial occurrence networks

Q Qi, C Hu, J Lin, X Wang, C Tang, Z Dai, J Xu - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with multiple heavy metals poses threats to human health and ecosystem
functioning. Using the Nemerow pollution index, which considers the effects of multiple …

Eukaryotes in soil aggregates across conservation managements: Major roles of protists, fungi and taxa linkages in soil structuring and C stock

E Pellegrino, G Piazza, T Helgason, L Ercoli - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC) promoted by conservation agriculture (CA)
depends on soil aggregation. Aggregation protects SOC and creates heterogeneous …

Phosphorus fertilization boosts mineral-associated soil organic carbon formation associated with phagotrophic protists

L Chen, X Xin, J Li, C Han, W Xiong, Y Luo, R Sun… - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Long-term fertilization affects soil organic C accumulation. A growing body of research has
revealed critical roles of bacteria in soil organic C accumulation, particularly through mineral …

Soil depth and grassland origin cooperatively shape microbial community co‐occurrence and function

RN Upton, A Checinska Sielaff, KS Hofmockel… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many soils are deep, yet soil below 20 cm remains largely unexplored. Exotic plants can
have shallower roots than native species, so their impact on microorganisms is anticipated …

Land use as a driver for protist community structure in soils under agricultural use across Europe

SS Santos, A Schöler, TK Nielsen, LH Hansen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil biodiversity is threatened by intensification of land use. The consequences of different
land use on belowground biodiversity remain insufficiently explored for soil protists …

Taxonomic and functional diversity of heterotrophic protists (Cercozoa and endomyxa) from biological soil crusts

S Khanipour Roshan, K Dumack, M Bonkowski… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) accommodate diverse communities of phototrophic and
heterotrophic microorganisms. Heterotrophic protists have critical roles in the microbial food …

[HTML][HTML] Differential response of soil microbial and animal communities along the chronosequence of Cunninghamia lanceolata at different soil depth levels in …

W Islam, HSA Saqib, M Adnan, Z Wang… - Journal of advanced …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Soil biota plays a crucial role in the terrestrial ecosystem. There is growing
momentum to understand the community structure and diversity of total belowground soil …

What drives the diversity of the most abundant terrestrial cercozoan family (Rhogostomidae, Cercozoa, Rhizaria)?

H Öztoprak, S Walden, T Heger, M Bonkowski… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Environmental sequencing surveys of soils and freshwaters revealed high abundance and
diversity of the Rhogostomidae, a group of omnivorous thecate amoebae. This is puzzling …

Hierarchical phylogenetic community assembly of soil protists in a temperate agricultural field

J Roy, F Mazel, K Dumack… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Protists are abundant, diverse and perform essential functions in soils. Protistan community
structure and its change across time or space are traditionally studied at the species level …

Plant species and soil depth differentially affect microbial diversity and function in grasslands

KB Ryan, A De Menezes, JA Finn… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Grassland ecosystems are a major store of terrestrial carbon (C), yet little is
known about their capacity to cycle and store C in deeper soil horizons. Further, it is unclear …