Environmental RNA and DNA metabarcoding of soil fauna reveal complementary insights into biodiversity and limited effect of nitrification inhibitors Metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) is rapidly being adopted to describe and assess biodiversity. However, eDNA has limitations since it capture…

Ever wondered how to capture active vs resident soil fauna? In this paper we show that eRNA (active) and eDNA (resident) metabarcoding provide complementary insights into soil biodiversity-while nitrification inhibitors have limited effects #eDNA #eRNA
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Soil tillage promotes predatory and phototrophic protists over parasitic protists The widespread practice of tillage, which disturbs soil structure and alters its physical and biological properties, may affect protist diversity and …

New paper out!
Tillage was the main driver of soil protist communities — stronger than fertilizer, with no detectable effect of nitrification inhibitors. #Protists #Agroecology #soilmicrobiome
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#FEMSmicroBlog: Biochar in sandy soils impact microbiome communities This #FEMSmicroblog discusses how biochar can transform poor soils into more resilient systems with higher microbiome diversity.

hanks @FEMSmicroBlog for giving the opportunity to highlight our work on how biochar in sandy soils
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