Volume 95, Issue 8, August 2019

The authors review literature reporting on pathogen suppressive activities of volatiles (mVOCs) produced in soils by microbial communities and indicate management strategies to enhance mVOC-mediated disease control.

This minireview not only elucidates the problematic and the major concepts of antimicrobial resistance, but also further focuses on the problematic of biofilms and their resistance and tolerance mechanisms, as well as highlights current research on anti-biofilm strategies.

When microbial communities colonize new environments, they sort themselves taxonomically.

This study shows that rhizospheric Sebacinales are ubiquitous across Congolese smallholder maize fields, and demonstrates that these fungi are less susceptible to subsistence agricultural practices than the total fungal community.

The use of the Geometric Framework provides a deeper insight of how specific nutrients influence the relative abundances of gut microbes and impact different aspects of species diversity.

The effects of different sites, soils and plants on the rhizospheric microbiome were compared, and the effects of plants remain detectable across different sites and soils.

In this study an in vitro model system was developed that simulates the human terminal small intestine and its microbiota.

Proximity of Salmonella to plant and its affinity to soil organic matter are prerequisites for it to enter into the food chain.

This study investigated composition and core of whale blow and seawater microbiota through an interannual analysis of blow samples of humpback whales and seawater at the East Coast of Australia.

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs occurrence depends on chlorophyll a and coloured dissolved organic matter in hypertrophic and polyhumic waters where AAPs are highly abundant.

Compositional variation in larval-associated bacterial communities for sea urchins is more pronounced between host populations than within due to a heterogeneous feeding environment.

A diverse range of novel halogenase genes was detected in six sponge species, indicating that microorganisms play a fundamental role in the production of sponge-derived bioactive compounds.

An endemic Acacia from New Caledonia establishes symbioses with diverse bacteria in order to survive soils harsh environments.

Using mathematical simulation models, the benefit of different microbial priming strategies is examined under various environmental conditions.

The symbiotic diazotroph Bradyrhizobium was widely distributed in China, while the distribution of free-living diazotrophs was affected by multiple factors, including soil properties, climatic factors and spatial distance.

This article found that soil microbial communities in freshwater wetland and salt marsh responded differently to anthropogenic disturbances, suggesting that original condition and anti-interference ability of wetlands need to be considered during the exploitation and restoration.

We showed that a continuous substrate-limited environment selects for a single generalist species, Clostridium intestinale, and that a sequencing batch environment selects for a non-diauxic generalist species, Citrobacter freundii.

The nitrogen-fixing legume Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth. adapts to rhizobia populations with differential taxonomy and symbiotic effectiveness outside of its location of origin.

Hydrocarbon contamination in an urban aquifer leads to a shift in microbial community composition and viral infection mechanisms.

Hydrological connectivity and ecological conditions may favour the dispersal and survival of human-associated bacteria in rivers and their floodplains.

An electron acceptor changed the structure of a paraffin-degrading methanogenic consortium such that hydrocarbon decay could be coupled to sulfate reduction and multiple mechanisms of iron corrosion were revealed.