A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China…
Mobile genetic elements shape microbial diversity and functions in thawing permafrost soils
Data collection, metagenome assembly and binning, gene annotation and taxonomy assignment Our study site, Stordalen Mire, is a…
Drought amplifies warming-induced soil carbon loss in a decade-long experiment
García-Palacios, P. et al. Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming. Nat. Rev. Earth…
Functional regimes define soil microbiome response to environmental change
Sample collection, site description and soil characterization Twenty topsoils were sampled across a range of pH values (4.7–8.32)…
Newly discovered soil microbe helps clean water
It is no secret that the presence of humans has left visible scars on this planet. Be it…
Two distinct host-specialized fungal species cause white-nose disease in bats
Sample and field data collection Swab samples of P. destructans were collected from bat hibernacula. Sampling from hibernating bats…
Microbial dormancy as an ecological and biogeochemical regulator on Earth
Falkowski, P. G., Fenchel, T. & Delong, E. F. The microbial engines that drive Earth’s biogeochemical cycles. Science…