Soil pH drives microbial community composition: Study shows how bacteria work together to thrive in difficult conditions by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University Editors' notes ...

Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, ...

Recently, a research team led by Dr. Tida Ge from Xinjiang University and Ningbo University conducted a pot experiment to ...

Stewards of the land could look at reducing fluctuation in soil microbial population by reducing tillage and other management practices in order to reduce soil carbon emissions, the researchers said.

Communities of microbes (microbiomes), particularly in soils, can be startlingly diverse, with as many as 10,000 species in just a cup of material. Scientists are working to understand how microbiomes ...

In a new study, researchers have determined through both statistical analysis and in experiments that soil pH is a driver of microbial community composition – but that the need to address ...

Kate Scow, a professor of soil science and soil microbial ecology at UC Davis, keeps plastic bags filled with soil on her desk.

And since microbial taxa are likely to adapt faster than their host plants and disperse farther, microbial associations may offer an alternative, underappreciated source of plant community ...

Repeatedly planting the same crop can make soil sick, as decaying plant DNA builds up and harms new plants. Scientists found ...

To explore further, they experimentally manipulated microbial communities while varying factors such as microbe community species composition, temperature and soil moisture.