Biocrusts, known as the "desert skin," includes communities of cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bacteria, lichen, and mosses. They can mediate both the physical and biological environments of dryland ecosystems.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2023
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Living and nonliving factors that influence the types of vegetation that grow at different elevations in the Arctic tundra also regulate the types of bacteria that grow in the soil. The distribution of generalist bacteria, ...
Ecology
Jun 21, 2023
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Antibiotics used on livestock can impact microbes in the soil and negatively affect soil carbon, reducing resilience to climate change, claims a study conducted in India's trans-Himalayan region.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2023
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A new study led by Northern Arizona University offers new evidence that a common framework to sort bacteria into two lifestyles doesn't easily apply to bacteria living in wild soil. The findings, published in The ISME Journal, ...
Ecology
Feb 6, 2023
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Plastic film mulching has been applied globally in various agricultural settings and inevitably disintegrates into microplastics (MPs, which are less than 5 mm in size) due to a series of natural and artificial forces. However, ...
Ecology
Jun 7, 2022
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Although about 20% of Illinois cropping systems are planted to continuous corn, it's nearly impossible to find fields planted this way for decades at a time. Yet long-term experiments like one at the University of Illinois, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2022
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Spills and leaks of petroleum products wreak havoc on the environment. They can contaminate soils and pose significant threats to humans, animals, plants, and soil microbes. Cleaning up petroleum contamination can be energy ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 23, 2022
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More than half the world's population lives in urban areas. In the United States, more than 8 in 10 people are urbanites. Urban ecosystems often have less diverse animal and plant life compared to natural areas. But that's ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2022
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Increasing nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) input is one of the major contributors to anthropogenic climate change, which can regulate the sequestration and storage of soil organic carbon (SOC) by changing microbial communities ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2022
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Microbes regulate soil carbon and nutrients cycles in terrestrial ecosystems through impacting the decomposition and incorporation of organic matter in soils. While, soil microbial communities are profoundly affected by changes ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2021
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