Volume 96, Issue 11, November 2020

Fungi and viruses are important players of microbial mats, potentially shaping element cycling, food web structure and function.

Discussion of the potential impact of auxotrophy, the requirement by an organism for an organic micronutrient, on the stability of aquatic microbial communities in the face of environmental changes.

Artificial Sphagnum farming sites are surrogate habitats for bog and Sphagnum-specific fungi.

This study describes the microbial community associated with insect vectors of Bois noir disease of grapevine in relation to presence/absence of its etiological agent, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’.

Long term Cu contamination alters soil bacterial community structure, but has little effect on the effective recipient pool for an exogenously introduced IncP plasmid.

Development of layered microbial structure and resulting redox stratification influence the nitrogen cycling within cryoconite granules, naturally occurring microbial structures found in glacier environments.

High-throughput amplicon sequencing of the Vibrio-specific 16S rRNA gene reveals for the first time that stochastic processes dominate marine free-living Vibrio community assembly in a subtropical gulf.

Genetic analysis of natural samples reveals that the interactions among different fractions of the plankton (phototrophs, heterotrophs and non-free living forms) determine the community response to environmental changes.

Supplementation of dog food with organic selenium over inorganic selenium positively modulated the gut microbiome of growing puppies which might contribute to gut health.

Wheat root-associated microbiomes have dramatically changed through a transect of breeding history, and ancient wheat accessions pose a stronger selection pressure on microorganisms.

Aquatic microorganisms moving at the same rhythm.

In situ P addition reduces mycorrhizal colonization in Bipinnula fimbriata in the short term, and this is coupled with an increase in pathogen richness.

Actinomycete bacteria from soils fertilized with nitrogen for 57 years were less likely than actinomycetes from long-term non-fertilized soils to produce antibiotics that inhibited the growth of other actinomycetes.

Comparative analyses between the saprotrophic oomycete Salisapilia sapeloensis and its pathogenic relatives indicate that distinct gene expression patterns underpin the different lifestyles in oomycetes.

Defining the spatial distribution of microorganisms and elements in this REE-enriched Mn-oxide producing ecosystem contribute to a better understanding of specific niches and parameters driving the emergence of these communities.

The ‘fertile island effect’ on soil microbiota of desert gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis in the Namib Desert is influenced by plant gender.

Community composition of arctic root-associated fungi mirrors host plant phylogeny.

Results indicated that microbial adaptation changed in response to different levels of contamination throughout the soil profiles, which were distinct from the control profile.

This study investigated the morphological, physiological and metabolomic changes in acid-adapted microalgal strains that help them survive in acid mine drainage samples.

Soil microbial communities were influenced more by environmental factors than by time following surface mining disturbance.

Mild hydrostatic pressure (15 MPa, equal to about 1500 meter below sea surface level) can shape the composition of oil-degrading communities even in environmental conditions preventing intense growth, such as cold oligotrophic environments.

The presence of rotifers able to feed on cyanobacterial mucilage led to decreased effectiveness of inducible defence in two ways, by increasing dispersion of the cyanobacterial trichomes, thus loosening cyanobacterial mats, and by ingestion of the exopolysaccharide material covering trichomes.