Taking the fungal highway: Mobilization of pollutant-degrading bacteria by fungi

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Taking the fungal highway: Mobilization of pollutant-degrading bacteria by fungi

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Fungal community composition predicts forest carbon storage at a continental scale

Nutrient Availability Does Not Affect Community Assembly in Root-Associated Fungi but Determines Fungal Effects on Plant Growth

Vegetation Drastically Reduces Wind Erosion: An Implementation of the RWEQ in the Mongolian Gobi Steppe

The methylome of the model arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, shares characteristics with early diverging fungi and Dikarya

Stability of tropical forest tree carbon-water relations in a rainfall exclusion treatment through shifts in effective water uptake depth

Impact of iron- and/or sulfate-reduction on a cis-1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride respiring bacterial consortium: experiments and model-based interpretation

In Situ Biostimulation of Cr(VI) Reduction in a Fast-Flowing Oxic Aquifer

Effect of Aging on the Stability of Microbially Reduced Uranium in Natural Sediment

Chlorinated ethene plume evolution after source thermal remediation: Determination of degradation rates and mechanisms

Linking soil's volatilome to microbes and plant roots highlights the importance of microbes as emitters of belowground volatile signals

Sphagnum Species Modulate their Phenolic Profiles and Mycorrhizal Colonization of Surrounding Andromeda polifolia along Peatland Microhabitats

Aquatic Fungi: A Disregarded Trophic Level in Ecological Risk Assessment of Organic Fungicides

Contrasting responses of bacterial and fungal communities to plant litter diversity in a Mediterranean oak forest

Current developments in soil ecotoxicology and the need for strengthening soil ecotoxicology in Europe: results of a stakeholder workshop

Phytoremediation of soils contaminated by organic compounds: hype, hope and facts

Effect of crop rotation on mycorrhizal colonization and wheat yield under different fertilizer treatments

Stoichiometric N:P flexibility and mycorrhizal symbiosis favour plant resistance against drought

Linear scaling of precipitation-driven soil erosion in laboratory flumes

Associative interplay of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa QS40) with nitrogen fertilizers improves sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) productivity and fertility of aridisol

Metal Distribution and Characterization of Cultivable Lead-Resistant Bacteria in Shooting Range Soils