Plant diversity induces shifts from microbial generalists to specialist by enhancing niche differentiation, microbiome connectivity, and network stability in a temperate grassland - Environmental Micr... Background Soil microbiota are key players of terrestrial ecosystem functioning, including decomposition, soil organic matter formation, and nutrient cycling, and interact strongly with plants in the ...

New paper led by @bgc-jena.mpg.de colleagues:

"Higher plant diversity strengthens microbial functioning and enhances microbiome resilience, that is the capacity of the microbial community to maintain soil functioning despite environmental disturbances."

doi.org/10.1186/s407...

Our new paper is here 🌟

Put it right into the CV 😆

Third year in a row of wine tasting! @sarawinterfeldt.bsky.social Shall we add this to our CVs? The co-founders of wine tasting in microbial ecology? 🍷🍷🍷

Thank you 🤩

Drought as a disturbance: Soil microbial resistance and resilience across environmental gradients

Read all about it here: portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...

Last week I defended my PhD thesis 🎉 Big thanks to @frantecol.bsky.social for all the great questions, and for putting my thesis into a bigger picture! Also to everyone that made my PhD so much fun and specially to my supervisors @rousklab.bsky.social @albertbrangari.bsky.social and Lettice Hicks 🌟

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

My first Bluesky post is (coincidentally) my first Nature paper! Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events doi.org/ntzk. Huge props to @frantecol.bsky.social and the other collaborators for this mammoth effort.
#Soil #Microbiome #ClimateChange

A screenshot of paper in ISME journal

📢New paper in ISME Journal: 7 years in the making spanning three affiliations. Really excited to present a trait analysis in populations.

Bacterial population-level trade-offs between drought tolerance and resource acquisition traits impact decomposition doi.org/10.1093/isme...

Drought experiment in the DOK trial, Therwil, Switzerland.

Agricultural drought affects soil microbes, especially fungi and microbes associated with roots. Although organic and conventional farming systems promote unique microbiomes, both systems may encounter similar challenges during severe drought conditions. doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...

And here is a soil science starter pack:

go.bsky.app/HADDT8P

A photograph of a blue, soft-bodied springtail with soft orange lumps all over it.

The votes have been counted and the winner of NZ Bug of the Year 2024 is... Kahukura / the New Zealand Red Admiral butterfly! bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz

I'm getting in early with a soil animal nominee suggestion for 2025's contest: New Zealand's endemic GIANT SPRINGTAIL!!! Just look at this winner. 🧪