Mastodawn

Is #microbial #ecology fair? This study uses an ecological 'Game of Growth' to explore how fair ecological dynamics is as a distribution rule of biomass, revealing the degree of meritocracy found in the state of nature @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/4xMqQjl

Journal of Plant Ecology Jun 21

#SphagnumPalustre plays a pivotal role in maintaining peatland carbon and nitrogen balance. S. palustre can regulate its #Microbial partners to reduce #NitrogenInput under #NitrogenEnrichment.

#NitrogenDeposition | #Adaptation | #Multi_omicsAnalysis

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf208

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 29

“The gap between the rate of #humanevolution and the rate of #microbial #evolution, Eren said, is like ‘the difference between a drifting tectonic plate and an F-16 fighter jet’.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Our Warming Planet Is a Petri ...

Our Warming Planet Is a Petri Dish for New and Deadly Microbes

“Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Shayla Love reports on how climate change is transforming the “unseen majority” of life on Earth.

The New Yorker

Stefan F. Wirth May 1

The #microbial #diversity of #dynamic #ecosystems can today be assessed using more efficient methods. M. F. Peña-Valencia et al. (2026) identified potential #polyethyleneterephthalate (#PET)-degrading #enzymes from #mangrove #soil using #AI, #3D #structuralanalysis and #metagenomics. Some of these enzymes could be assigned to the bacterial genus #Microbulbifer.

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Nikolas Kozloff Apr 20

Protect #microbial networks https://www.hcn.org/articles/why-mycorrhizal-fungi-networks-need-more-protection/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 #mushrooms #fungi #conservation #nature

Why mycorrhizal fungi networks need more protection

Scientists say the West’s hidden biodiversity warrants more attention.

High Country News

NIOO-KNAW Apr 7

New publication: Interactions between polypropylene #microplastics and emerging contaminants increase #soilrespiration and alter #microbial #community structure.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2026.106910

NIOO-KNAW Mar 31

New publication: High-Dose #Biochar Hinders Micro/#Nanoplastic-Induced #Soil Positive Priming by Reducing #Substrate Quality and #Microbial Activity.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c11467