A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees

Despite significant advances in microbiome research across various environments[1][1], the microbiome of Earth’s largest biomass reservoir– the wood of living trees[2][2]– remains largely unexplored....

Ground beetle trophic interactions alter available nitrogen in forest soil

It is generally held that microbes exert primary control over nitrogen availability in temperate forests. Yet the role of soil and litter-dwelling invertebrates to provide additional control via the...

Aerotolerant methanogens use seaweed and seagrass metabolites to drive marine methane emissions

Methanogenesis is classically thought to be limited to strictly anoxic environments. While oxygenated oceans are a known methane source, it is argued that methanogenesis is driven by methylphosphon...

What determines transfer of carbon from plants to mycorrhizal fungi?

Biological Market Models are common evolutionary frameworks to understand the maintenance of mutualism in mycorrhizas. ‘Surplus C’ hypotheses provide an alternative framework where stoichiometry and...

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More diverse rhizobial communities can lead to higher symbiotic nitrogen fixation rates, even in...

Abstract. Symbiotic nitrogen (N) fixation (SNF) by legumes and their rhizobial partners is one of the most important sources of bioavailable N to terrestri

Wetland tree barks are dynamic hotspots for microbial trace gas cycling

Wetland tree stems have recently been shown to be a major source of methane emissions. However, the microbial communities associated within these stems (the ‘caulosphere’) and their contribution to...