Soil microbes are essential for soil fertility. However, most studies focus on bacterial and/or fungal communities, while the top-down drivers of this microbiome composition, protists, remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated how soil amendments affect protist communities and inferred potential interactions with bacteria and fungi. Specific fertilization treatments impacted both the structure and function of protist communities. Organic fertilizer amendment strongly reduced the relative abundance of plant pathogenic protists and increased bacterivorous and omnivorous protists. The addition of individual biocontrol bacteria and fungi further altered the soil protist community composition, and eventually function. Network analysis inte...
BackgroundDespite their widespread distribution and ecological importance, protists remain one of th...
The best-known function of soil protists is as bacteria feeders, protists consume bacteria prey and ...
Protists are ubiquitous in soil, where they are key contributors to nutrient cycling and energy tran...
Soil microbes are essential for soil fertility. However, most studies focus on bacterial and/or fung...
Plant-beneficial microbes improve while pathogens reduce plant performance. When introduced in soils...
Protists, functionally divided into consumers, phototrophs, and parasites act as integral components...
Background: Agricultural food production is at the base of food and fodder, with fertilization havin...
Soils host most biodiversity on Earth, with a major fraction of its taxonomic diversity still to be ...
Background: Microbiomes play vital roles in plant health and performance, and the development of pla...
The application of micro-organisms has been increasingly suggested as sustainable agricultural appro...
The soil microbiome determines crop production and drives nutrient cycling, functions that are alter...
Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet often f...
Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet often f...
BackgroundDespite their widespread distribution and ecological importance, protists remain one of th...
The best-known function of soil protists is as bacteria feeders, protists consume bacteria prey and ...
Protists are ubiquitous in soil, where they are key contributors to nutrient cycling and energy tran...
Soil microbes are essential for soil fertility. However, most studies focus on bacterial and/or fung...
Plant-beneficial microbes improve while pathogens reduce plant performance. When introduced in soils...
Protists, functionally divided into consumers, phototrophs, and parasites act as integral components...
Background: Agricultural food production is at the base of food and fodder, with fertilization havin...
Soils host most biodiversity on Earth, with a major fraction of its taxonomic diversity still to be ...
Background: Microbiomes play vital roles in plant health and performance, and the development of pla...
The application of micro-organisms has been increasingly suggested as sustainable agricultural appro...
The soil microbiome determines crop production and drives nutrient cycling, functions that are alter...
Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet often f...
Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet often f...
BackgroundDespite their widespread distribution and ecological importance, protists remain one of th...
The best-known function of soil protists is as bacteria feeders, protists consume bacteria prey and ...
Protists are ubiquitous in soil, where they are key contributors to nutrient cycling and energy tran...