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An Integrated Assessment of European Soil Health and Restoration Potential

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Soils host a significant proportion of biodiversity on Earth providing ecosystem functions vital to human well‐being, making it imperative to include them and their ecological features when addressing sustainability goals. We performed a comprehensive assessment of soil health across Europe by explicitly integrating biotic and abiotic ...
Irene Calderón‐Sanou, Cristiano Ballabio, Claudia Breitkreuz, Nico Eisenhauer, Arwyn Jones, Julia Köninger, Kirsten Küsel, Alberto Orgiazzi, Panos Panagos, Thomas Reitz, Sara Si‐Moussi, Bala Singavarapu, Carlos A. Guerra   +12 more
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Hidden Fungal Diversity of the Precious Mediterranean Red Coral Corallium rubrum

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2026.
This study reveals diverse cultivable fungi associated with the red coral Corallium rubrum, highlighting both potentially beneficial and pathogenic species. These findings emphasize the biotechnological relevance and ecological impact of coral‐associated fungi, especially as climate change may increase disease risks.
Camille Prioux, Marina Carrasco‐Acosta, Valeria Prigione, Francesco Venice, Romie Tignat‐Perrier, Denis Allemand, Christine Ferrier‐Pagès, Giovanna Cristina Varese   +7 more
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Nitrogen Fertilization Alleviates Microplastic Effects on Soil Protist Communities and Rape (Brassica napus L.) Growth

Microorganisms
Agricultural plastic mulch enhances crop yields but leads to persistent microplastic contamination in soils. Concurrently, nitrogen (N) fertilization and atmospheric deposition profoundly reshape microbial ecosystems.
Ge Wang, Maolu Wei, Qian Sun, Ting Shen, Miaomiao Xie, Dongyan Liu   +5 more
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Core Microbial Taxa Strengthen Root Microbial Network Stability Under Drought Stress. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol
This study evaluates different drought stresses on microbial diversity and network stability in roots and soils. Microbial diversity shifts across plant growth stages and microbial groups under stress. Enriched core taxa strengthen root microbial network stability under stress.
Wu K, Hu HW, Gupta D, Li Y, He ZY, Wang F, He JZ.   +6 more
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Higher Trophic Status Leads to More Diverse and Divergent Microeukaryote Communities Over Time in Urban Lakes From the Greater Paris (France)

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 3, June 2026.
Microeukaryote dynamics across a eutrophication gradient in Greater Paris region lakes showed richness peaking at intermediate trophic levels and communities becoming more modular, variable, and less connected with higher trophic status compared to oligo‐to‐mesotrophic lakes.
Sébastien Duperron, Pierre Foucault, Amaury Le Vern, Midoli Goto, Charlotte Duval, Benjamin Marie, Sahima Hamlaoui, Sébastien Halary, Dominique Lamy, Emilie Lance, Marc Troussellier, Cécile Bernard, Ludwig Jardillier, Julie Leloup   +13 more
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From pathogens to partners: temporal and biogeographical patterns in fungal associations of alien trees

New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 5, Page 3381-3395, June 2026.
Summary Alien trees reshape belowground fungal communities, but the factors governing the balance between mutualists and pathogens remain unclear. We tested whether residence time, mycorrhizal type, and biogeographical origin shape this balance, and whether alien stands differ from native vegetation. We sampled soils beneath 73 alien tree species in 48
Lukáš Vlk, Iñaki Odriozola, Jan Pergl, Tomáš Větrovský, Jana Kvasničková, Claudia Krüger, Markéta Petružálková, Petr Baldrian, Martin Vojík, Jiří Sádlo, Petr Petřík, Petr Pyšek, Petr Kohout   +12 more
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Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence

New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 5, Page 3334-3348, June 2026.
Summary Plants modulate their surrounding microbiome via root exudates and such conditioned soil microbiomes feed back on the performance of the next generation of plants. How plants perceive altered soil microbiomes and modulate their performance in response to such microbiome feedbacks, however, remains largely unknown.
Katja Stengele, Lea Stauber, Lisa Thoenen, Henry Janse van Rensburg, Viola D'Adda, Klaus Schlaeppi   +5 more
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Nucleomorph phylogenomics suggests a deep and ancient origin of cryptophyte plastids within Rhodophyta

New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 5, Page 3103-3113, June 2026.
Summary The evolutionary origin of red algae‐derived complex plastids remains obscure. Cryptophyta, one of four eukaryotic lineages harboring these plastids, still contains nucleomorphs, which are highly reduced remnants of red algal nuclei. The genes present on nucleomorph genomes can be used for phylogenomic reconstruction in order to unravel the ...
Lukáš V. F. Novák, Sergio A. Muñoz‐Gómez, Maria Ciobanu, Fabian van Beveren, Laura Eme, Purificación López‐García, David Moreira   +6 more
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Bioconversion of carotenoids into high‐value crocins using a marine sponge carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase

New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 5, Page 3230-3246, June 2026.
Summary Carotenoids and apocarotenoids are widespread specialized metabolites, yet animals, including sponges, lack the ability to synthesize carotenoids de novo and must obtain them from dietary or microbial sources. The roles of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs) in marine animals remain largely unexplored. A CCD from the marine sponge Suberites
Elena Moreno‐Giménez, Lucía Morote, Alberto José López Jiménez, Eduardo Parreño, Jian You Wang, Matteo Nava, Carolina Aguado, Rafael Luján, Salim Al‐Babili, Gianfranco Diretto, Oussama Ahrazem, Lourdes Gómez‐Gómez   +11 more
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NPF2 is involved in intracellular pH regulation and ion balance in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

New Phytologist, Volume 250, Issue 6, Page 3885-3899, June 2026.
Summary Cellular ion and pH homeostasis are crucial factors affecting and regulating metabolic reactions, protein stability, signalling and transport mechanisms. To balance intracellular ion concentrations, organisms need to constantly sense and respond to both the extracellular environment and cell compartments' requests.
Anna Santin, Monia Teresa Russo, Dany Croteau, Antonella Ruggiero, Sara Russo Spena, Laura Morales de los Rios, Claire Corratge‐Faillie, Seleem Brignone, Benoit Lacombe, Remo Sanges, Maurizio Chiurazzi, Maurizio Ribera d'Alcalà, Benjamin Bailleul, Angela Falciatore, Maria Immacolata Ferrante, Alessandra Rogato   +15 more
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