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Benefits and Drawbacks of Microbial Inoculant in Terms of Human Health and the Environment
The application of soil amendment has become very important in recent years for increasing crop production. The need for this practice is owed to the...
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Microbial Inoculants in Amelioration of Stress by Regulation of Signalling Cascades in Plant
In agriculture, rapid manipulation and exploitation of PGPR (plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria) is rising rapidly due to vast functionality of...
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Commercialized Microbial Inoculants for Crop Improvement
Since the development of a practical use of particular natural or genetically altered microorganisms, there has been a high interest in understanding...
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Significance of Microbes in Heavy Metal Detoxification from Environment
Contamination that began via heavy metals (HMs) has become a global issue in recent years as it affects the environment such as soil, plants, aquatic...
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Chemotaxonomy and Genomes
Chemotaxonomy or chemical taxonomy is the identification and classification of an organism based on the differences or similarities of the chemical...
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Minimal Taxonomic Standards for Declaration of New Microbial Species
Modern-day microbial taxonomists are embracing the inclusion of microbial genomic taxonomy in the declaration of new microbial species. With the...
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Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics for Inferring Relationships of Bacteria and Archaea Phyla
Phylogenetics and phylogenomics are two related fields that deal with the study of the evolutionary relationships between different organisms. In the...
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Description and Naming of Candidatus Taxa
Under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP), names of new prokaryotic species can only be validly published after...
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Applications of Bioactive Compounds from Novel Microbial Taxa
Bioactive compounds produced by novel bacterial taxa have become a subject of interest in various fields, including pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and...
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Bioengineered Microbes for Restoration of Soil Health
The issue of soil health restoration is gaining more attention worldwide as soil quality has deteriorated over the decades, negatively impacting...
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Biocontrol Agents for Soil Health Management
The term “soil health” describes particular characteristics of the soil and its capacity to support and maintain crop growth and development....
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Microbial Biofertilizers for Soil Health
Biofertilizer refers to biological preparations containing living microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, actinomycetes, or their metabolites....
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Microbial Inoculum Improvement for Soil Health
Soil health is a critical component of sustainable agriculture and is based on having a diversified and thriving population of microorganisms. The...
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Tools and Techniques to Measure Soil Health
Soil health is a serious concern in today’s scenario in respect to achieve higher crop yield and quality food for better human health. The soil...
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Microbial Metabolites and Their Role to Improve Soil Health
Natural compounds secreted by microorganisms, known as microbial metabolites, are an essential component of the ecosystem and play an important role...
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Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Microbial Diversity and Soil Health
Soil, the fragile top layer of the Earth’s ecosystem, is a crucial natural resource for supporting life on the planet. The majority of terrestrial...
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Naming New Taxa of Prokaryotes: Rules and Recommendations
The nomenclature of prokaryotes is regulated by the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (ICNP; the Prokaryotic Code). The...
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Overall Genome Relatedness Indices: Interpretation and Defining New Taxonomic Ranks
DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) has been used as the gold standard in prokaryote taxonomy, but it is labor-intensive and prone to experimental errors....
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Exploring Microbial Dark Matter and the Status of Bacterial and Archaeal Taxonomy: Challenges and Opportunities in the Future
There are very few places on Earth that are free of diverse microbial cellular life forms that can colonize in a variety of environmental niches and...