Micro-nanoscale bone char modulates rhizosphere As-cycling genes and enhances soil fertility in arsenic-contaminated paddy soil - Carbon Research The contamination of arsenic (As) poses a serious challenge to both rice growth and human health. The present study utilized the micro- and nano-scale bone char (MNBC) derived from pork bones as a rem...

Micro–nano bone char doesn’t just “adsorb” arsenic, it rewires the rhizosphere.

↓ As(V) reduction genes (arsC, arsR)
↑ As methylation gene (arsM)

Result: enhanced soil fertility AND reduced As stress.
#SoilMicrobiome #Biochar #EnvironmentalScience
Read more:
doi.org/10.1007/s442...

Micro–nano bone char doesn’t just “adsorb” arsenic, it rewires the rhizosphere.

↓ As(V) reduction genes (arsC, arsR)
↑ As methylation gene (arsM)

Result: enhanced soil fertility AND reduced As stress.
#SoilMicrobiome #Biochar #EnvironmentalScience
Read more:
doi.org/10.1007/s442...

📢 We're recruiting a contract technologist for the soil and environmental microbiology programme @teagasc.bsky.social Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland. Join our team 🤗 #SoilMicrobiome

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Close-up of white fungal hyphae intertwined in soil, illustrating microbial activity relevant to soil ecosystem studies.

Soil microbes drive #soil carbon & nutrient cycling—but how can microbial data improve ecosystem predictions and land management? We’re inviting studies that link microbial traits to functional outcomes.

➡️ Find out more- https://ow.ly/Nkfi50YCle0

#Soilscience #Soils #SoilMicrobiome

Webinar Plant breeding on Nature's terms-dr Walter Goldstein 2026031 Join this inspiring webinar about how soil life and microorganisms can reduce the need for inputs in agriculture. Dr. Walter Goldstein is internationally recognized for his work with varieties that th...

Plant Breeding on Nature's Terms - Dr Walter Goldstein

Webinar on the interaction of the soil microbiome with plants, from roots to leaves.

vimeo.com/1176218246/4...

#soilmicrobiome

Bio-Fertilizers and Microbial Soil Enhancers: Assessing the Potential of Living Microbes as Alternatives to Chemical Fertilizers For generations, farmers have used chemical fertilisers to boost crop yields. These products helped agriculture expand rapidly, particularly during the Green Revolution. Over time, however, farmers noticed troubling changes in the soil. Land that once responded efficiently to fertilisers gradually lost productivity. Farmers had to apply more each year to achieve yields similar to those of previous years. In some regions, soils became compacted, arid, and less fertile.

What if the real secret to healthier crops isn’t more chemicals… but tiny living microbes in the soil? https://t.ly/68eP4

#BioFertilizers #SoilHealth #SustainableAgriculture #RegenerativeFarming #OrganicFarming #MicrobialSoil #EcoFriendlyFarming #ClimateSmartAgriculture #SoilMicrobiome

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
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 Open PhD opportunity with us at Teagasc Johnstown Castle and University of Limerick on forestry soils #SoilCarbon #SoilMicrobiome #GreenHouseGases. Further details and application form teagasc.ie/about/resear... Closing date 18th March. Join our team 🤗

Helping Soil Microbes Kill Weed Seeds to Aid Organic Farmers Discover how to kill weed seeds naturally using soil microbes. Learn innovative strategies for effective organic weed management.

www.morningagclips.com/helping-soil... #weedcontrol #organicfarming #soilmicrobiome

Map of ten soil sampling locations in five provinces of Türkiye. Tekirdağ (blue, northwest corner) and Diyarbakır (purple, southeast) are low altitude plains with wet winters and warm, dry summers. The other sites are all on the Anatolian plateau with a cool, drier continental climate.

Gülce Güralp & co investigate the wheat rhizosphere microbiome in Turkish soils and compare the results with other countries. doi.org/10.1242/bio....

#SoilMicrobiome #Rhizosphere

🌡️ 9 years of climate manipulation in Spanish drylands: we detected major shifts in soil microbial DNA—pathogenic fungi & arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi both increased.

As climate change intensifies🌡, soil microbiomes are already responding.

shorturl.at/moIBI

#ClimateChange #SoilMicrobiome

🌱🧬 Thrilled to share our work on soil microbiomes and bio-based fertilizers as pathways toward sustainable soil management in the Microbiology Society Annual Conference in Ireland this week.

#Biofertilizer #SoilMicrobiome #SustainableAgriculture

Soils hold the key to our resilience. Our new Issue Brief shows how soil can:
✅Help tackle climate change
✅Support food security
✅Restore ecosystems
#BiodivClim #SoilMicrobiome #CarbonFarming #ClimateAdaptation
Explore the science: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/09/25/s...
Available in 5 languages.

Another amazing talk is happening on November 5th 🌲🍄🧬🌳🍄🧬🌲. We are pleased to welcome Prof. Francis M. Martin @fmartin54.bsky.social , a leading researcher in forest microbiology. Join us!
#foresthealth, #soilhealth, #soilmicrobiome

Ultra-deep long-read metagenomics captures diverse taxonomic and biosynthetic potential of soil microbes. #Long-read #Sequencing #Metagenomics #SoilMicrobiome #Genomics #Bioinformatics @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 🧪🧬 🖥️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#FruitRes
Continuous cropping of Xanthoceras sorbifolium reduces yield, root activity, and soil nutrients. Pathogenic fungi accumulate, suppressing beneficial bacteria. Crop rotation needed. 🌱
Details: maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/fru...
#SoilMicrobiome

Anticancer potential of soil-associated actinobacterium DHE 6-7 isolated from Enggano Island, Indonesia
Atikana, A., Fahrurozi, F. et al.
Paper
Details
#AnticancerResearch #SoilMicrobiome #EngganoIslandActinobacteria

Accurate MAG reconstruction from complex soil microbiome through combined short- and HiFi long-reads metagenomics. #MAGs #metagenomics #SoilMicrobiome #ShortReads #LongReadds #Sequencing @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 🧬 🖥️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Figure 1 in Ma et al. (2025): "Proposed distribution of microbes along the soil-plant-human gut microbiome axis. Soil, plants, and the human gut are each considered distinct habitats. Within each habitat, specific microbial communities known as habitat specialists are identified. Microbes that are distributed across all habitats are termed here as generalists. Based on their abundance and functions, a group of cross-kingdom microbiota is proposed among the generalist microbes. Created in BioRender. Ma, H. (2025) https://BioRender.com/b51e6if."

New publication: The soil-plant-human gut microbiome axis into perspective, by @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social and others. #microbialcommunities #soilmicrobiome #plantmicrobiome #gutmicrobiome
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Unveiling soil microbial diversity through ultra‐deep short‐read metagenomic sequencing and co‐assembly By combining ultra-deep short-read shotgun metagenomic sequencing with 5-sample co-assembly across 600 agricultural soil samples, we significantly enhanced the representation and recovery of microbia....

Soil is the most diverse microbial ecosystem, which makes microbiome studies with shotgun sequencing extremely tricky!
In our last paper @imetascience.bsky.social, we show that co-assembly increases gene and genome recovery
tinyurl.com/59t4z8fh
#soilmicrobiome #metagenomics

Soil microbial and plant responses to increasing antibiotic concentration: a case study of five antibiotics
Bucheli, T., Dotterl, S. et al.
Paper
Details
#SoilMicrobiome #AntibioticResistance #PlantMicrobeInteractions

The economic spectrum of soil food webs Soils are highly heterogeneous ecosystems hosting multiple organisms engaged in trophic interactions. We introduce the economic spectrum of soil food …

🦠📚 Just out: @fdiniandreote.bsky.social and colleagues introduce the economic spectrum of soil food webs — a new framework linking traits across soil organisms (from microbes to mites) to ecosystem function.

Read more 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SoilMicrobiome #OneHealth

Next is Michelle Afkhami 🎉🦠

The Impact of Environmental Stress and Keystone Microbes on Microbiome Communities

Which microbiome structure proprieties are associated with stability?

#soilmicrobiome
#microbialecology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

🔥 Congrats to Dr. Courtney M. Gardner, Dr. Lane W. Maguire, Dr. Jennifer Espin, & Dr. Tyler A. Patrick on receiving the 2025 AEESP/Mary Ann Liebert Award for Publication Excellence!

#AEESP #SoilMicrobiome #EnvironmentalEngineering #WildfireResearch #ScienceAward #AEESP2025

Consistent microbial insights across sequencing methods in soil studies: the role of reference taxonomies | mSystems Studying the microorganisms in soil remains a challenge as soils are one of the most complex and diverse environments. Compounding these challenges is the lack of culturable representatives in soil, w...

Wondering whether to use amplicon or shotgun sequencing for characterising the soil microbial community - check out our new paper journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #SoilMicrobiome main findings : 1) consistent detection of major phyla; 2) similar microbial community differentiation patterns;

Even worse? Some residues, like imidacloprid and dimethomorph, are linked to high cancer risks.
It’s time to rethink how we treat our soil. 🌍💚
#SoilHealth #PesticideFree #OrganicFarming #SustainableAgriculture #EcoFriendly #BeyondPesticides #SoilMicrobiome #HealthySoilsHealthyPlanet

StarFish BioScience - Innovations AgTech pour une Agriculture Durable Solutions biotechnologiques innovantes. Spécialistes en analyse du microbiote des sols et conseils AgTech. Suivez-nous !

Grâce à l’IA, elle identifie les bactéries clés qui soutiennent les fonctions essentielles du sol pour renforcer naturellement leur fertilité et leur résilience pour une agriculture durable.

📎 Plus d'infos: www.starfishbio.com

📩 contact@starfishbio.com

#SoilMicrobiome #SoilHealth #Biosolutions

#FruitRes

Continuous cropping of Xanthoceras sorbifolium reduces yield, root activity, and soil nutrients. Pathogenic fungi accumulate, suppressing beneficial bacteria. Crop rotation needed. 🌱

#SoilMicrobiome

Details: maxapress.com/article/doi/...

🌱 Did you know? Research shows that organic farming boosts microbial biomass carbon by up to 41% and total nitrogen by 51%!

🔬 Soil microbes are vital for food security, biodiversity, and climate resilience, but 99% remain unstudied.

#SoilMicrobiome #RegenerativeAgriculture #PlantHealth

Did you know 95% of food relies on healthy soil? 🌱 Microbes improve crops, clean pollution & shape a sustainable future. The power of the soil microbiome is incredible!

🔗 youtube.com/shorts/CmdQg...

#SoilMicrobiome #EcoFarming