Response of protists to nitrogen addition, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi manipulation, and mesofauna reduction in a tropical montane rainforest in southern Ecuador [PDF]
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 70, Issue 6, November/December 2023., 2023 Abstract The tropical Andes are a species‐rich and nitrogen‐limited system, susceptible to increased nitrogen (N) inputs from the atmosphere. However, our understanding of the impacts of increased N input on belowground systems, in particular on protists and their role in nutrient cycling, remains limited.
Garvin Schulz +5 more
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Phagocytosis underpins the biotrophic lifestyle of intracellular parasites in the class Phytomyxea (Rhizaria). [PDF]
New Phytol, 2023 Summary Phytomyxea are intracellular biotrophic parasites infecting plants and stramenopiles, including the agriculturally impactful Plasmodiophora brassicae and the brown seaweed pathogen Maullinia ectocarpii. They belong to the clade Rhizaria, where phagotrophy is the main mode of nutrition.
Garvetto A +9 more
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Diurnal Rhythmicity in the Rhizosphere Microbiome-Mechanistic Insights and Significance for Rhizosphere Function. [PDF]
Plant Cell EnvironABSTRACT The rhizosphere is a key interface between plants, microbes and the soil which influences plant health and nutrition and modulates terrestrial biogeochemical cycling. Recent research has shown that the rhizosphere environment is far more dynamic than previously recognised, with evidence emerging for diurnal rhythmicity in rhizosphere chemistry
Bending GD +5 more
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Environmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 8, Page 1522-1537, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Together with increasing environmental and anthropogenic pressures, pathogenic diseases are one of the important factors contributing to the ongoing decline of seagrass meadows worldwide; yet the diversity and ecology of the microorganisms acknowledged as seagrass parasites remain critically understudied.
Viktorie Kolátková +5 more
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A Novel Phytomyxean Parasite Associated with Galls on the Bull-Kelp Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot [PDF]
, 2012 Durvillaea antarctica (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) is a large kelp of high ecological and economic significance in the Southern Hemisphere. In natural beds along the central coast of Chile (Pacific Ocean), abnormal growth characterized by evident gall ...
Alejandra Núñez +6 more
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Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 538-548, August 2022., 2022 Summary The purpose of this study was to survey the eukaryotic microbiome of two karst caves in the Valley and Ridge physiographic region of the Appalachian Mountains. Caves are known to harbour eukaryotic microbes but their very low densities and small cell size make them difficult to collect and identify.
A. Bruce Cahoon, Robert D. VanGundy
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Enhancing microbial predator-prey detection with network and trait-based analyses. [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Network analyses are often applied to microbial communities using sequencing survey datasets. However, associations in such networks do not necessarily indicate actual biotic interactions, and even if they do, the nature of the interactions ...
Martínez Rendón C +6 more
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Maullinia braseltonii sp. nov. (Rhizaria, Phytomyxea, Phagomyxida) : A Cyst-forming Parasite of the Bull Kelp Durvillaea spp. (Stramenopila, Phaeophyceae, Fucales) [PDF]
, 2017 Help in biomass collection by David J. Patiño (UACh), Liliana A. Muñoz (University of Aberdeen (UoA)) and Alexandra Mystikou (South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute & UoA), and in conducting electron microscopy by Gillian Milne (Aberdeen ...
Goecke , Franz +5 more
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Investigating the impacts of urbanization on soil ecology in Berlin, Germany [PDF]
, 2022 Urban landscapes, whilst only accounting for a small proportion of total land surface, are now home to the majority of humanity. The functioning of soils within these systems is therefore highly influential for human wellbeing; these soils mediate flood ...
Whitehead, James
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Uncontrolled deforestation and population growth threaten a tropical island's water and land resources in only 10 years. [PDF]
Sci AdvRapid demographic growth in tropical islands can exacerbate conflicts and pressures on natural resources, as illustrated by the French island of Mayotte where resources are limited.
Foucher A +10 more
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