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Field inoculation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with contrasting life-history strategies differently affects tomato nutrient uptake and residue decomposition dynamics
PurposePlant microbial biostimulants, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), enhance nutrient concentration in fruits, including tomato....
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Home-field advantage and ability alter labile and recalcitrant litter carbon decomposition in an alpine forest ecotone
PurposeIncreasing evidence suggests that the role of home-field advantage (i.e. HFA, the specialized decomposers efficiently degrade native litter)...
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Role of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Human Welfare
Anthropogenic and natural activities-based ecosystem disturbances lead to leftover degraded barren lands. Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi play an...
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Evolution and Diversity of Bioluminescent Fungi
Bioluminescence is one of the most fascinating features of basidiomycetes. In this chapter, we have reviewed a total of 105 bioluminescent fungi that...
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Marine Fungi
Marine fungi are found in almost every marine habitat explored. From surface waters to kilometers below the seafloor fungi appear ubiquitous and...
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Relevance of entomopathogenic fungi in soil–plant systems
AimEntomopathogenic fungi infect and kill a wide range of insects and other arthropod pests. They exhibit versatility as biological control agents,...
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Grasses and shrubs have decoupled legacy effects related to plant nutrition: the interplay of symbiotic fungi and nutrients in soil
Background and aimsVegetation patchiness is a distinctive feature of arid ecosystems that strongly shapes plant-soil interactions. While fertility...
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Epigenetic modifiers as inducer of bioactive secondary metabolites in fungi
Scientists are making efforts to search for new metabolites as they are essential lead molecules for the drug discovery, much required due to the...
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Hidden Decomposers: the Role of Bacteria and Fungi in Recently Intermittent Alpine Streams Heterotrophic Pathways
The frequency of flow intermittency and drying events in Alpine rivers is expected to increase due to climate change. These events can have...
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Are impacts of the invasive alien plant Crassula helmsii mediated by detritus? A litter experiment in a temperate pond
Because of the high growth rates often achieved by invasive alien macrophytes, their establishment in recipient ecosystems may alter the abundance...
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Litter removal increases the plant carbon input to soil in a Pinus massoniana plantation
Plants are the main sources of soil organic carbon in forest ecosystems. Photosynthetic C assimilated by plants enters the soil through litter, root...
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Uncovering the hidden diversity of litter-decomposition mechanisms in mushroom-forming fungi
Litter decomposing Agaricales play key role in terrestrial carbon cycling, but little is known about their decomposition mechanisms. We assembled...
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Effects of root dominate over aboveground litter on soil microbial biomass in global forest ecosystems
BackgroundInputs of above- and belowground litter into forest soils are changing at an unprecedented rate due to continuing human disturbances and...
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Leaf-associated macroinvertebrate assemblage and leaf litter breakdown in headwater streams depend on local riparian vegetation
Headwater streams harbor diverse macroinvertebrate communities and are hotspots for leaf litter breakdown. The process of leaf litter breakdown...
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Metaproteomics of Litter-Associated Fungi
Plant litter decomposition is catalyzed by microbial enzymes. Classical enzymatic assays are relatively simple to conduct and useful to assess...
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Elevated O3 Exerts Stronger Effects than Elevated CO2 on the Functional Guilds of Fungi, but Collectively Increase the Structural Complexity of Fungi in a Paddy Soil
Global climate change is characterized by altered global atmospheric composition, including elevated CO 2 and O 3 , with important consequences on soil...
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Life in the Wheat Litter: Effects of Future Climate on Microbiome and Function During the Early Phase of Decomposition
Even though it is widely acknowledged that litter decomposition can be impacted by climate change, the functional roles of microbes involved in the...
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Temporal dynamics of the fecal microbiome in female pigs from early life through estrus, parturition, and weaning of the first litter of piglets
BackgroundAge-associated changes in the gastrointestinal microbiome of young pigs have been robustly described; however, the temporal dynamics of the...
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Heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with mushroom-forming fungi (Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes), with description of a new species of microdispid mite (Microdispidae)
A new species of Heterostigmatic mites from the family Microdispidae, Premicrodispus ( Premicrodispus ) abani Rahiminejad & Majidi sp. n., is described...
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Different sex combinations of Populus cathayana affect soil respiration and tea litter decomposition by influencing plant growth and soil functional microbial diversity
Background and aimsDioecy may subject females and males to contrasting selective pressures, leading to differences in adaptive traits associated with...
