Soil microbial subcommunity assembly mechanisms are highly variable and intimately linked to their ecological and functional traits

Q Fan, K Liu, Z Wang, D Liu, T Li, H Hou… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Revealing the mechanisms underlying soil microbial community assembly is a fundamental
objective in molecular ecology. However, despite increasing body of research on overall …

Fertilization regime changes rhizosphere microbial community assembly and interaction in Phoebe bournei plantations

H Yan, Y Wu, G He, S Wen, L Yang, L Ji - Applied Microbiology and …, 2024 - Springer
Fertilizer input is one of the effective forest management practices, which improves soil
nutrients and microbial community compositions and promotes forest productivity. However …

Smaller microorganisms outcompete larger ones in resistance and functional effects under disturbed agricultural ecosystems

C Liang, J Qi, W Wu, X Chen, M Li, Y Liu, Z Peng… - Imeta, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Natural and man‐made climate changes, such as climate warming and excessive use of
fertilizers, seriously threaten the services and functions of agricultural ecosystems [1, 2]. The …

Distribution patterns of soil bacteria, fungi, and protists emerge from distinct assembly processes across subcommunities

A Kayiranga, A Isabwe, H Yao… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental change exerts a profound effect on soil microbial domains—including
bacteria, fungi, and protists—that each perform vital ecological processes. While these …

Body size: A hidden trait of the organisms that influences the distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in soil

R Guo, Y Yao, Z Zhang, C Hong, F Zhu, L Hong… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Body size is a key life-history trait of organisms, which has important ecological functions.
However, the relationship between soil antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) distribution and …

Shifts in fungal communities drive soil profile nutrient cycling during grassland restoration

Y Xu, K Cui, X Zhang, G Diwu, Y Zhu, L Deng, Y Zhong… - mBio, 2025 - journals.asm.org
Soil microbial diversity and community life strategies are crucial for nutrient cycling during
vegetation restoration. Although the changes in topsoil microbial communities during …

Ecological restoration enhanced the stability of epiphytic microbial food webs of submerged macrophytes: Insights from predation characteristics of epiphytic predators

X Sun, S Hu, R He, J Zeng, D Zhao - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of various submerged macrophytes for ecological restoration has gained
increasing attention in urban lake ecosystems. The multitrophic microbial communities that …

Oil and gas platforms degrade benthic invertebrate diversity and food web structure

Z Chen, TC Cameron, E Couce, C Garcia… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oil and gas exploitation introduces toxic contaminants such as hydrocarbons and heavy
metals to the surrounding sediment, resulting in deleterious impacts on marine benthic …

Environmental heterogeneity caused by large-scale cultivation of Pyropia haitanensis shapes multi-group biodiversity distribution in coastal areas

Z Li, K Xu, M Meng, Y Xu, D Ji, W Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The response of marine biodiversity to mariculture has long been a research focus in marine
ecology. However, the effects of seaweed cultivation on biological community assembly are …

[HTML][HTML] Body size of soil organisms is more sensitive to fertilization than their community structure: Evidence from a rice field trial

R Guo, Y Yao, R Zhang, C Hong, F Zhu, L Hong… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effective use of soil biological resources requires a thorough understanding of the
ecological roles played by biological communities. The majority of research on soil …