A5036378313- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Gut microbiota and health
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Plant and animal studies
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Wood and Agarwood Research
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
- Diverse Musicological Studies
- Building materials and conservation
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
2015-2024
King Saud University
2021
Hudson Institute
2019
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2019
Technical University of Munich
2012-2015
University of Bologna
2010-2013
Chandrakasem Rajabhat University
2010-2011
Microorganisms play a crucial role in the biological decomposition of plant litter terrestrial ecosystems. Due to permanently changing quality during decomposition, studies both fungi and bacteria at fine taxonomic resolution are required whole process. Here we investigated microbial community succession decomposing leaf temperate beech forest using pyrotag sequencing bacterial 16S fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rRNA genes. Our results reveal that communities underwent rapid...
Human-induced biodiversity change impairs ecosystem functions crucial to human well-being. However, the consequences of this for multifunctionality are poorly understood beyond effects plant species loss, particularly in regions with high across trophic levels. Here we adopt a multitrophic perspective analyze how affects biodiverse subtropical forests. We consider 22 independent measurements nine central energy and nutrient flow find that individual more strongly affected by diversity...
FAPROTAX is a promising tool for predicting ecological relevant functions of bacterial and archaeal taxa derived from 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. The database was initially developed to predict the function marine species using standard microbiological references. This study, however, has attempted access application in soil environments. We hypothesized that compatible with terrestrial ecosystems. potential use assign bacteria investigated meta-analysis our newly designed experiments....
Fungi play vital roles in the decomposition of deadwood due to their secretion various enzymes that break down plant cell-wall complexes. The compositions wood-inhabiting fungal (WIF) communities change over course process as remaining mass wood decreases and both abiotic biotic conditions significantly change. It is currently not resolved which substrate-related factors govern these changes WIF whether such influence rate. Here we report a study on richness community structure Norway spruce...
This study is unique as it compares traditional and high-resolution culture-independent approaches using the same set of samples to saprotrophic fungi on Vitis vinifera. We identified communities table grape (Red Globe) wine (Carbanate Gernischet) in China both techniques. The approach used direct observations based morphology, single spore isolation phylogenetic analysis yielding 45 taxa which 19 were commonly detected cultivars. then for Illumina sequencing analyzed ITS1 sequence data 226...
Abstract Land use change alters biodiversity and soil quality thus affects ecosystem functions. This study investigated the effects of changes in land on major indicators. Soil samples were taken from a depth 0–10 cm (top soil) under four uses (cropland, grassland, area exclosure, eucalyptus plantation) with similar histories for analysis, nearby natural forest was used as reference. to cropland grassland significantly decreased indicators such organic C (SOC), total N (TSN),...
Abstract Wood-inhabiting fungi have essential roles in the regulation of carbon stocks and nutrient cycling forest ecosystems. However, knowledge pertaining to wood-inhabiting is only fragmentary controversial. Here we established a large-scale deadwood experiment with 11 tree species investigate diversity preferences using next-generation sequencing. Our results contradict existing based on sporocarp surveys challenge current views their distribution temperate forests. Analyzing α-, β-...
Although microbial decomposition of plant litter plays a crucial role in nutrient cycling and soil fertility, we know less about likely links specific traits decomposition, especially relation to climate change. We study here wheat straw under ambient manipulated conditions simulating future scenario (next 80 years) agroecosystems, including decay rates, macronutrient dynamics, enzyme activity, communities. show that will accelerate rates only during the early phase process. Additionally,...
Abstract Recently, a new annotation tool “FungalTraits” was created based on the previous FUNGuild and Fun databases, which has attracted high attention in scientific community. These databases were widely used to gain more information from fungal sequencing datasets by assigning functional traits. More than 1500 publications so far employed aim of this study is compare successful database with recent FungalTraits database. Quality quantity assignment internal transcribed spacer (ITS)–based...
Leaf litter decomposition is the key ecological process that determines sustainability of managed forest ecosystems, however very few studies hitherto have investigated this with respect to silvicultural management practices. The aims present study were investigate effects practices on leaf rates, nutrient dynamics (C, N, Mg, K, Ca, P) and activity ligninolytic enzymes. We approached these questions using a 473 day long litterbag experiment. found age-class beech spruce forests (high...
The widespread paradigm in ecology that community structure determines function has recently been challenged by the high complexity of microbial communities. Here, we investigate patterns and connections between microbially-mediated ecological across different forest management practices temporal changes leaf litter beech ecosystems Central Europe. Our results clearly indicate distinct pattern response to time. However, those were not reflected when potential enzymatic activities microbes...
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) is the causal agent of bacterial canker, most devastating disease kiwifruit vines. Before entering host tissues, this pathogen has an epiphytic growth phase on flowers and leaves, thus ecological interactions within community may greatly influence onset infection process. The associated to two important cultivated species, Actinidia chinensis deliciosa, was described both leaves using Illumina massive parallel sequencing V3 V4 variable regions 16S...
The advantages and disadvantages of giving a valid name to sequence DNA detected from environmental specimens is presently hot debate amongst the mycological community. idea using intracellular ("mgDNA") samples as holotypes seems at face value, be good idea, considering expansion knowledge among these 'dark taxa' or matter fungi' that it could provide (i.e. based taxa without physical formal nomenclature). However, limitations mgDNA needs careful thought, i.e. can we use short fragment,...
Decomposition by microorganisms of plastics in soils is almost unexplored despite the fact that majority released into environment end up soils. Here, we investigate decomposition process and microbiome one most promising biobased biodegradable plastics, poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA), under field soil conditions both ambient future predicted climates (for time between 2070 2100). We show gravimetric molar mass PBSA already largely reduced (28-33%) after 328 days climates....
Expanding the use of environmentally friendly materials to protect environment is one key factors in maintaining a sustainable ecological balance. Poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA) considered among most promising bio-based and biodegradable plastics for future with high number applications soil agriculture. Therefore, decomposition process PBSA its consequences carbon stored require careful monitoring. For first time, stable isotope technique was applied current study partitioning...
Bacterial communities and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) co-occur in the soil, however interaction between these two groups during litter decomposition remains largely unexplored. In order to investigate effect of AMF on soil bacterial communities, we designed dual compartment microcosms, where (Funneliformis mosseae) was allowed access (AM) to, or excluded (NM) from, a containing forest litterbags. Soil samples from this were analyzed at 0, 90, 120, 150, 180 days. For each sample,...