• The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services 

  Eldridge, David J.; Guirado, Emilio; Reich, Peter B.; Ochoa-Hueso, Raul; Berdugo, Miguel; Saez-Sandino, Tadeo; Blanco-Pastor, Jose L.; Tedersoo, Leho; Plaza, Cesar; Ding, Jingyi; Sun, Wei; Mamet, Steven; Cui, Haiying; He, Ji-Zheng; Hu, Hang‑Wei; Sokoya, Blessing; Abades, Sebastian; Alfaro, Fernando D.; Bamigboye, Adebola R.; Bastida, Felipe; De los Rios, Asuncion; Duran, Jorge; Gaitan, Juan J.; Guerra, Carlos A.; Grebenc, Tine; Illan, Javier G.; Liu, Yu-Rong; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Mallen-Cooper, Max; Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.; Moreno, Jose L.; Nahberger, Tina U.; Penaloza-Bojaca, Gabriel F.; Pico, Sergio; Rey, Ana; Rodriguez, Alexandra; Siebe, Christina; Teixido, Alberto L.; Torres-Diaz, Cristian; Trivedi, Pankaj; Wang, Juntao; Wang, Ling; Wang, Jianyong; Yang, Tianxue; Zaady, Eli; Zhou, Xiaobing; Zhou, Xin-Quan; Zhou, Guiyao; Liu, Shengen; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel (Nature Research, 2023-05)

  Soil mosses are among the most widely distributed organisms on land. Experiments and observations suggest that they contribute to terrestrial soil biodiversity and function, yet their ecological contribution to soil has ...
• Biogenic factors explain soil carbon in paired urban and natural ecosystems worldwide 

  Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Garcia-Palacios, Pablo; Bradford, Mark A.; Eldridge, David J.; Berdugo, Miguel; Saez-Sandino, Tadeo; Liu, Yu-Rong; Alfaro, Fernando D.; Abades, Sebastian; Bamigboye, Adebola R.; Bastida, Felipe; Blanco-Pastor, Jose L.; Duran, Jorge; Gaitan, Juan J.; Illan, Javier G.; Grebenc, Tine; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Jaiswal, Durgesh Kumar; Nahberger, Tina U.; Penaloza-Bojaca, Gabriel F.; Rey, Ana; Rodriguez, Alexandra; Siebe, Christina; Teixido, Alberto L.; Sun, Wei; Trivedi, Pankaj; Verma, Jay Prakash; Wang, Ling; Wang, Jianyong; Yang, Tianxue; Zaady, Eli; Zhou, Xiaobing; Zhou, Xin-Quan; Plaza, Cesar (Nature Research, 2023-05)

  Urban greenspaces support multiple nature-based services, many of which depend on the amount of soil carbon (C). Yet, the environmental drivers of soil C and its sensitivity to warming are still poorly understood globally. ...
• Decreased diversity and connectivity of endophytic fungal assemblages within cultivated European olive trees compared to their native African counterpart 

  Ngubane, Nombuso P.; Dreyer, L.L. (Leanne Laurette); Slippers, Bernard; Kemler, Martin; Begerow, Dominik; Witfeld, Frederick; Brachmann, Andreas; Roets, Francois (Elsevier, 2023-10)

  Host identity and location help shape fungal endophyte assemblages in plants. Hosts act as uptake filters from the environment and closely related hosts in the same location may harbour similar assemblages. We assessed the ...
• Unmasking the invaders : NLR-mal function in plant defense 

  Anbu, Susanna; Swart, Velushka; Van den Berg, Noelani (Frontiers Media, 2023-11-20)

  Plants possess an arsenal of immune receptors to allow for numerous tiers of defense against pathogen attack. These immune receptors can be located either in the nucleocytoplasm or on the plant cell surface. NLR gene ...
• Unearthing the soil-borne microbiome of land plants 

  Ochoa-Hueso, Raul; Eldridge, David J.; Berdugo, Miguel; Trivedi, Pankaj; Sokoya, Blessing; Cano-Diaz, Concha; Abades, Sebastian; Alfaro, Fernando D.; Bamigboye, Adebola R.; Bastida, Felipe; Blanco-Pastor, Jose L.; De los Rios, Asuncion; Duran, Jorge; Geisen, Stefan; Grebenc, Tine; Illan, Javier G.; Liu, Yu-Rong; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Mamet, Steven; Molina-Montenegro, Marco A.; Moreno, Jose L.; Nahberger, Tina Unuk; Penaloza-Bojaca, Gabriel F.; Plaza, Cesar; Rey, Ana; Rodriguez, Alexandra; Siebe, Christina; Singh, Brajesh K.; Teixido, Alberto L.; Torres-Diaz, Cristian; Wang, Ling; Wang, Jianyong; Wang, Juntao; Zaady, Eli; Zhou, Xiaobing; Zhou, Xin-Quan; Tedersoo, Leho; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel (Wiley, 2024-05)

  Plant–soil biodiversity interactions are fundamental for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, the existence of a set of globally distributed topsoil microbial and small invertebrate organisms consistently ...
• The core bacteriobiome of Cote d’Ivoire soils across three vegetation zones 

  Amon, Chiguie Estelle Raïssa; Fossou, Romain Kouakou; Ebou, Anicet E.T.; Koua, Dominiqueua K.; Kouadjo, Claude Ghislaine; Brou, Yao Casimir; Voko Bi, Don Rodrigue Rosin; Cowan, Don A.; Zeze, Adolphe (Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-24)

  The growing understanding that soil bacteria play a critical role in ecosystem servicing has led to a number of large-scale biogeographical surveys of soil microbial diversity. However, most of such studies have focused ...
• Pantoea bathycoeliae sp. nov and Sodalis sp. are core gut microbiome symbionts of the two-spotted stink bug 

  Fourie, Arista; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Slippers, Bernard; Fourie, Gerda (Frontiers Media, 2023-11)

  Stink bug species (Pentatomoidea superfamily) have developed an interdependence with obligate bacterial gut symbionts in specialized midgut crypts (M4 sub-region). Species of the Enterobacteriaceae family (predominantly ...
• Nine new species of black lichenicolous fungi from the genus cladophialophora (chaetothyriales) from two different climatic zones of China 

  Chang, Runlei; Wang, Yichen; Liu, Yanyu; Wang, Yiran; Li, Shiguo; Zhao, Guoyan; Zhang, Susu; Dai, Meixue; Zheng, Xiaoxiao; Bose, Tanay; Si, Hongli (Frontiers Media, 2023-06-16)

  Lichenicolous fungi are parasites of lichens. Many of these fungi are referred to as “black fungi”. A diversity of these black fungi include species that are pathogenic to humans and plants. A majority of black fungi ...
• Mycobacteriosis in slaughter pigs from South Africa from 1991 to 2002 : Mycobacterium spp. diversity and Mycobacterium avium complex genotypes 

  Gcebe, Nomakorinte; Pierneef, Rian; Michel, Anita Luise; Hlokwe, Motlatso Tiny (Frontiers Media, 2023-11-16)

  INTRODUCTION : Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria are the most prominent etiological agents of lymphadenitis in pigs. M. avium subspecies hominissuis (MAH) is a member of MAC and has been reported in many parts of ...
• Microbial diversity in Antarctic Dry Valley soils across an altitudinal gradient 

  Mashamaite, Lefentse; Lebre, Pedro H.; Varliero, Gilda; Maphosa, Silindile; Ortiz, Maximiliano; Hogg, Ian; Cowan, Don A. (Frontiers Media, 2023-07-24)

  INTRODUCTION : The Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valleys are geologically diverse, encompassing a wide variety of soil habitats. These environments are largely dominated by microorganisms, which drive the ecosystem services of ...
• Functional diversity of nanohaloarchaea within xylan-degrading consortia 

  Reva, Oleg N.; Messina, Enzo; La Cono, Violetta; Crisafi, Francesca; Smedile, Francesco; La Spada, Gina; Marturano, Laura; Selivanova, Elena A.; Rohde, Manfred; Krupovic, Mart; Yakimov, Michail M. (Frontiers Media, 2023-05-31)

  Extremely halophilic representatives of the phylum Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeota (members of the DPANN superphyla) are obligately associated with extremely halophilic archaea of the phylum Halobacteriota (according to the ...
• Editorial : pathoblockers and antivirulence agents of plant-origin for the management of multidrug resistant pathogens 

  Bonvicini, Francesca; Mandrone, Manuela; Cosa, Sekelwa (Frontiers Media, 2023-04-25)

  Given the huge diversity of flora and ecosystems in the world, plants likely represent significant sources of bioactive compounds and, consequently, they have been extensively explored for new drug discoveries. Among ...
• Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA 110 displays plasticity in the attachment phenotype when grown in different soybean root exudate compounds 

  Sandhu, Armaan Kaur; Brown, McKenzie Rae; Subramanian, Senthil; Brozel, Volker S. (Frontiers Media, 2023-05-18)

  INTRODUCTION : Bradyrhizobium diazoe ciens, a symbiotic nitrogen fixer for soybean, forms nodules after developing a symbiotic association with the root. For this association, bacteria need to move toward and attach to the ...
• Genomic delineation and description of species and within-species lineages in the genus Pantoea 

  Crosby, Katherine C.; Rojas, Mariah; Sharma, Parul; Johnson, Marcela A.; Mazloom, Reza; Kvitko, Brian H.; Smits, Theo H.M.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Coutinho, Teresa A.; Heath, Lenwood S.; Palmer, Marike; Vinatzer, Boris A. (Frontiers Media, 2023-11-09)

  As the name of the genus Pantoea (“of all sorts and sources”) suggests, this genus includes bacteria with a wide range of provenances, including plants, animals, soils, components of the water cycle, and humans. Some members ...
• Purification of archetypal soybean root suberin mostly comprising alka(e)noic acids using an ionic liquid catalyst 

  Escorcio, Rita; Sandhu2, Armaan K.; Bento, Artur; Tome, Ana S.; Moreira, Carlos J.S.; Brozel, Volker S.; Pereira, Cristina Silva (Frontiers Media, 2023-08-10)

  Soybean (Glycine max) is an increasingly relevant crop due to its economic importance and also a model plant for the study of root symbiotic associations with nodule forming rhizobia. Plant polyesters mediate plant-microbe ...
• Population structure and diversity of the needle pathogen Dothistroma pini suggests human-mediated movement in Europe 

  Van der Nest, Ariska; Wingfield, Michael J.; Sadikovic, Dusan; Mullett, Martin S.; Marcais, Benoit; Queloz, Valentin; Adamcikova, Katarina; Davydenko, Kateryna; Barnes, Irene (Frontiers Media, 2023-02-16)

  Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is an important disease of Pinus species that can be caused by one of two distinct but closely related pathogens; Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini. Dothistroma septosporum has ...
• Life history traits of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) for the development of pest management tools 

  Pal, Elisa; Allison, Jeremy D.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Slippers, Bernard; Fourie, Gerda (MDPI, 2023-04-22)

  Knowledge of the biology of a pest is essential for building sustainable management programmes. Pentatomidae have a hemimetabolous life cycle with egg, nymphal, and adult life stages, which differ in morphological, ...
• Mining gene expression data for rational identification of novel drug targets and vaccine candidates against the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus 

  Maritz-Olivier, Christine; Ferreira, Mariette; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Stutzer, Christian (Springer, 2023-10)

  Control of complex parasites via vaccination remains challenging, with the current combination of vaccines and small drugs remaining the choice for an integrated control strategy. Studies conducted to date, are providing ...
• Effect of temperature on metabolic stress and recovery of two Argyrosomus species from simulated catch-and-release angling 

  Pringle, Brett A.; Duncan, Murray I.; Winkler, Alexander C.; Mafwila, Samuel; Jagger, Charmaine; McKeown, Niall J.; Shaw, Paul W.; Henriques, Romina; Potts, Warren M. (Wiley, 2024)

  Catch-and-release (C&R) angling has grown in popularity due to increasing numbers of conservation-minded anglers and regulations of recreational fisheries. C&R is often assumed to cause low mortality but can cause physiological ...
• Chrysoporthe brasiliensis sp. nov. pathogenic to Melastomataceae in southeast Brazil 

  Silva, G.A.; Oliveira, Mara Elisa Soares; Rego, Gessica Mylena Santana; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Ferreira, Maria Alves (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  Species in the Melastomataceae (Myrtales) include trees and woody shrubs that are amongst the most common hosts of Chrysoporthe and related fungi. These fungi cause stem cankers, branch death and in extreme cases, kill ...

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