Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

During the last decades, research on the function of volatile organic compounds focused
primarily on the interactions between plants and insects. However, microorganisms can also …

Background Plant health is intimately influenced by the rhizosphere microbiome, a complex
assembly of organisms that changes markedly across plant growth. However, most …

The rhizosphere microbiome is a central determinant of plant performance. Microbiome
assembly has traditionally been investigated from a bottom-up perspective, assessing how …

Microbial cells secrete numerous enzymes, scavenging molecules, and signals that can
promote the growth and survival of other cells around them [1–4]. This observation is …

Background Bacterivores, mostly represented by protists and nematodes, are a key
component of soil biodiversity involved in soil fertility and plant productivity. In the current …

Soil protists are commonly suggested being solely bacterivorous, serving together with
bacterivorous nematodes as the main controllers of the bacterial energy channel in soil food …

Crop plants carry an enormous diversity of microbiota that provide massive benefits to hosts.
Protists, as the main microbial consumers and a pivotal driver of biogeochemical cycling …

Bacterial communities are often heavily consumed by microfaunal predators, such as
protozoa and nematodes. Predation is an important cause of mortality and determines the …

Protists are the most diverse eukaryotes. These microbes are keystone organisms of soil
ecosystems and regulate essential processes of soil fertility such as nutrient cycling and …