New Bloom filter toolkit spots rare bacterial strains hiding in metagenomes
UniqSketch uses unique genomic fingerprints and compact Bloom filters to detect target strains in complex metagenomes at sequencing coverage as ...
Tag: Microbial Communities
Biochar surface radicals steer straw carbon into stable soil pools
A controlled incubation study reports that persistent free radicals on biochar surfaces redirect straw-derived carbon toward mineral-associated organic matter in ...
Intensive bamboo management shifts soil microbes toward nitrogen loss
Metagenomic sequencing shows intensive moso bamboo plantation management shifts soil microbial nitrogen cycling toward denitrification, with soil phosphorus availability as ...
Water acts as a barrier shaping microbial communities in gull-billed tern habitats
A study in the Binzhou Chenier Island Wetland National Nature Reserve found that habitat filtering, not gull-billed tern activity, primarily ...
eDNA study maps microbial networks on Kraków urban stone
A study of 10 sub-aerial biofilm samples from Kraków identified substrate-related microbial patterns and contrasting co-occurrence structures among fungi, bacteria, ...
Cobalt fertiliser needs a soil-specific reassessment
A critical review finds that cobalt’s narrow window between plant stimulation and toxicity, together with variable soil availability and accumulating ...
Lab study: Sawdust biochar raises chicken-manure biogas while reducing resistance genes
A 45-day, nine-reactor laboratory study found that sawdust biochar increased chicken-manure biogas production by 19.65% and reduced several antibiotic resistance ...
Urban Cancun cenotes harbor 17 recorded microbial species
A survey of four urban cenotes in Cancun identified 17 species of phytoplankton and protists, added 11 records for the ...
Microbes Are More Than Factories: Why Industrial Microbiology Needs a Regenerative Reboot
A new opinion article argues that industrial microbiology's factory metaphor and linear metrics are hiding the regenerative value of microbial ...
Dark Life Beneath Austin: Deep Microbes Help Feed Cave Creatures in Texas Aquifer
A new study of the Edwards Aquifer in Texas reveals that chemosynthetic microbes deep underground produce up to nearly half ...
Urban land use influences microbial functional traits along a management intensity gradient
A large-scale study of 135 urban soils in Blois, France, shows that management intensity acts as a strong ecological filter, ...
Eight Crops, One Salty Field: How Plant Identity Rebuilds the Rhizosphere Microbiome
A common-field experiment in Inner Mongolia shows that eight crops grown in identical saline-alkaline soil develop dramatically different rhizosphere microbial ...
Slimy Container Films Act as a Chemical Beacon Drawing Egg-Laying Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
New research shows that microbial films called periphyton growing inside water containers attract egg-laying female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, revealing a ...
Reactor Design and pH Steer Microbes That Turn Xylose Into Valuable Carboxylates
A new study shows that pH, loading rate, and reactor configuration predictably steer mixed microbial communities fermenting xylose toward lactate, ...
Plant Diversity, Not Microbes, Drives Soil Carbon Storage Along Mountain Slopes
A study along nearly 3,000 vertical meters of the Tianshan Mountains finds that plant diversity, acting through productivity rather than ...
Tiny River Microbes Leave a Measurable Mark on Carbon Dioxide in Taiwan’s Rugged Mountains
A new study of Taiwan's tectonically active Beinan River reveals that planktonic microbial metabolism measurably contributes to carbon dioxide fluxes, ...
Restoring Tibet’s Degraded Grasslands Rewrites the Genetic Recipe for Soil Carbon
A metagenomic study of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau grasslands shows that six years of active restoration boosts soil carbon, but the gains ...
Hidden Fungus Inside Ryegrass Rewrites the Microbial Map of Soil, Aggregate by Aggregate
A new study in Plant and Soil shows that the foliar fungus Epichloë festucae reshapes bacterial and fungal communities across ...
Halophyte Roots Rewrite Their Microbial Worlds as Soil Salt Shifts
A new study of halophytes in arid Northwest China shows that plant species create distinct salinity conditions around their roots ...
Machine Learning Designs Microbial Communities That Boost Tomato Growth and Heat Tolerance
Kyoto University researchers used machine learning to design a six-bacterium microbial community that significantly boosted tomato growth and high-temperature tolerance ...
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