Articles

1. Development of a soil quality index “SQI” from a former open dump: Dynamics of C and N mineralization

   • Bianka Guadalupe Salas-Enriquez
   • Héctor Iván Bedolla-Rivera
   • Eloy Conde-Barajas

   Research Article 24 April 2024 Article: 240234

   

2. Hg-mining-induced soil pollution by potentially toxic metal(loid)s presents a potential environmental risk and threat to human health: A global meta-analysis

   • Li Chen
   • Xiaosan Luo
   • Linchuan Fang

   Research Article 23 April 2024 Article: 240233

   

3. The core phoD-harboring bacteria promote wheat phosphorus uptake by enhancing alkaline phosphatase activity under long-term fertilization

   • Shuobing He
   • Yuying Ma
   • Haiyan Chu

   Research Article 23 April 2024 Article: 240227

   

4. Metals are overlooked in the evolution of antibiotic resistance

   • Yi Zhao
   • Rui Xu
   • Huaming Guo

   Perspective 12 April 2024 Article: 240244

   

5. Revisiting soil fungal biomarkers and conversion factors: Interspecific variability in phospholipid fatty acids, ergosterol and rDNA copy numbers

   • Tessa Camenzind
   • Heike Haslwimmer
   • Sven Marhan

   Research Article Open access 12 April 2024 Article: 240243

   

6. Experimental warming increases respiration and affects microbial communities of soil wetlands at different elevations of the Argentinean Puna

   • M. Fernanda Chiappero
   • María V. Vaieretti
   • Andrea E. Izquierdo

   Research Article 11 April 2024 Article: 240242

   

7. Abiotic plant stress mitigation by Trichoderma species

   • Hexon Angel Contreras-Cornejo
   • Monika Schmoll
   • John Larsen

   Review 11 April 2024 Article: 240240

   

8. Core bacterial communities dominated Purus frumentum biomass under different green manure returning amounts in saline-alkali soil

   • Zhibo Zhou
   • Yongyong Ding
   • Fengge Zhang

   Research Article 03 April 2024 Article: 240236

   

9. Effects of core soil microbial taxa on soil carbon source utilization under different long-term fertilization treatments in Ultisol

   • Haoran Mao
   • Guilong Li
   • Xingjia Xiang

   Research Article 23 March 2024 Article: 240241

   

10. Fungal β-glucosidase gene and corresponding enzyme activity are positively related to soil organic carbon in unmanaged woody plantations

    • Maria Ludovica Saccà
    • Caputo Francesco
    • Fornasier Flavio

    Research Article 23 March 2024 Article: 240238

    

11. Soil microbial necromass carbon in forests: A global synthesis of patterns and controlling factors

    • Shan Xu
    • Xiaoyu Song
    • Junjian Wang

    Research Article 23 March 2024 Article: 240237

    

12. A large-scale field investigation revealing the distribution characteristics of arsenic in earthworm tissues

    • An Yang
    • Dong Zhu
    • Shenglei Fu

    Research Article 23 March 2024 Article: 240235

    

13. Soil bacterial and protist communities from loquat orchards drive nutrient cycling and fruit yield

    • Li Wang
    • Jianhong Ji
    • Zhenke Zhu

    Research Article 23 March 2024 Article: 240232

    

14. Intraspecific functional traits and stable isotope signatures of ground-dwelling ants across an elevational gradient

    • Xianjin He
    • Shengjie Liu
    • Dazhi Wen

    Rapid Report 23 March 2024 Article: 240230

    

15. Erratum to: A novel microcosm to identify inherently competitive microorganisms with the ability to mineralize phytate in solum

    • Sabrina M. Pittroff
    • Stefan Olsson
    • Mette Haubjerg Nicolaisen

    Erratum 18 March 2024 Article: 240239

16. The combined application of ethylenediurea and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviates ozone damage to Medicago sativa L

    • Rongbin Yin
    • Zhipeng Hao
    • Baodong Chen

    Research Article 09 February 2024 Article: 230231

    

17. Utilization of human excrement in pre-modern China, its theoretical interpretations and ecological significance

    • Xin-Hao Du
    • Yuan-Ming Song
    • Yong-Guan Zhu

    Essay 02 February 2024 Article: 240226

18. Gravesoil fungi are more sensitive than bacteria in response to precipitation

    • Binghua Han
    • Xueying Gan
    • Huan Li

    Research Article 02 February 2024 Article: 230225

    

19. Rubber-based agroforestry systems modify the soil fungal composition and function in Southwest China

    • Zhenyu Hong
    • Xinai Li
    • Jianping Wu

    Research Article 02 February 2024 Article: 230224

    

20. Prevention and control strategies for antibiotic resistance: from species to community level

    • Yan-Zi Wang
    • Hu Li
    • Jian-Qiang Su

    Review 02 February 2024 Article: 230222

    

21. Harnessing the holobiont to alleviate the stress of aluminum toxicity to rice

    • Hong-Zhe Li
    • Yong-Guan Zhu

    Commentary 02 February 2024 Article: 230201

22. Biocrusts impact soil properties and ecological stoichiometry characteristics in frozen ground regions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    • Jiao Ming
    • Yunge Zhao
    • Zhe Liu

    Research Article 24 January 2024 Article: 230212

    

23. Bacterial community network complexity and role of stochasticity decrease during primary succession

    • Yucheng He
    • Binu M. Tripathi
    • Jonathan M. Adams

    Research Article 22 January 2024 Article: 230218

    

24. Soil pH and phosphorus drive the canonical nitrifiers and comammox Nitrospira communities in citrus orchards with different cultivation ages

    • Haiyang Liu
    • Zhikang Tao
    • Wenfeng Tan

    Research Article 22 January 2024 Article: 230199

    

25. Rice planting acceleration of the activation and loss of soil iron in the red soil region of southern China

    • San’an Nie
    • Jie Fan
    • Zhan Yu

    Research Article 22 January 2024 Article: 230198

    

26. Enhancement of beneficial microbiomes in plant–soil continuums through organic fertilization: Insights into the composition and multifunctionality

    • Wen-Jing Li
    • Xin-Yuan Zhou
    • Hong-Zhe Li

    Research Article 19 January 2024 Article: 230223

    

27. Nitrogen-based fertilizers differentially affect protist community composition in paddy field soils

    • Seda Ozer Bodur
    • Solomon Oloruntoba Samuel
    • Rasit Asiloglu

    Research Article 19 January 2024 Article: 230221

    

28. Influence of organic matter input and temperature change on soil aggregate-associated respiration and microbial carbon use efficiency in alpine agricultural soils

    • Shuaiwen Zhang
    • Wei Gong
    • Yi Liu

    Research Article 19 January 2024 Article: 230220

    

29. Soil amendment strategies determining microbial community composition and their assembly processes in a continuously cropped soil

    • Hongkai Liao
    • Chunli Zheng
    • Yaying Li

    Research Article 19 January 2024 Article: 230219

    

30. The effect of long-term application of nitrogen-rich fertilizers on soil resistome: A study of conventional and organic cropping systems

    • Alexey S. Vasilchenko
    • Evgenii O. Burlakov
    • Anastasia V. Vasilchenko

    Research Article 19 January 2024 Article: 230215

    

31. Comparing the temperature sensitivity of organic matter decomposition in oxic and oxygen-deprived soils

    • Zhenhui Jiang
    • Xin Wang
    • Xiaojuan Feng

    Rapid Report 18 January 2024 Article: 230189

    

32. N-cycle gene abundance determination of N mineralization rate following re-afforestation in the Loess Plateau of China

    • Yaping Zhao
    • Yuqing Zhao
    • Chengjie Ren

    Research Article 18 January 2024 Article: 230188

    

33. Invasive weed disrupts facilitation of nutrient uptake in grass-clover assemblage

    • Wei Zhang
    • Rick Muir
    • Nicholas Dickinson

    Research Article Open access 18 January 2024 Article: 230187

    

34. Mechanistic insights toward identification and interaction of plant parasitic nematodes: A review

    • Bisma Jan
    • Ali Haider Shah
    • Ali Asghar Shah

    Review 18 January 2024 Article: 230186

    

35. Effects of flue gas desulfurization gypsum and clover planting on qualities of soil and winter jujube in coastal saline-alkali orchard of north China

    • Qi Shao
    • Xuejing Xia
    • Yuping Zhuge

    Research Article 18 January 2024 Article: 230185

    

36. Low-density polyethylene microplastics partially alleviate the ecotoxicological effects induced by cadmium exposure on the earthworm Eisenia fetida

    • Song Zhang
    • Yating Du
    • Xing Wang

    Research Article 18 January 2024 Article: 230184

    

37. Influence of different land-use types on selected soil properties related to soil fertility in A Luoi District, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam

    • Khoa Phuc Nguyen
    • Tan Trong Tran
    • Ngu Huu Nguyen

    Research Article 18 January 2024 Article: 230181

    

38. Habitat-specific changes of plant and soil microbial community composition in response to fairy ring fungus Agaricus xanthodermus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    • Juan Du
    • Cong He
    • Shengjing Jiang

    Research Article 13 January 2024 Article: 230214

    

39. Soil microbial ecology through the lens of metatranscriptomics

    • Jingjing Peng
    • Xi Zhou
    • Yong-Guan Zhu

    Review 28 December 2023 Article: 230217

    

40. Fungal residues were more sensitive to nitrogen addition than bacterial residues in a meadow grassland soil

    • Zhifu Pei
    • Mei Hong

    Research Article 28 December 2023 Article: 230216

    

41. The interactive effect of temperature and fertilizer types determines the dominant microbes in nitrous oxide emissions and the dicyandiamide efficacy in a vegetable soil

    • Xiaoya Xu
    • Haiyang Liu
    • Yong Li

    Research Article 28 December 2023 Article: 230213

    

42. Different no-till grain production systems with Urochloa spp. affect soil microbial community structure, biomass and activity in a tropical Ultisol

    • Matheus Emannuel Oliveira Vieira
    • Lucas Dantas Lopes
    • Marcelo Ferreira Fernandes

    Research Article 28 December 2023 Article: 230191

    

43. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-mediated resistance to salt spray in Cinnamomum camphora seedlings enhanced by leaf functional traits

    • Xiao Li
    • Duo Zheng
    • Yanhong Wang

    Research Article 19 December 2023 Article: 230211

    

44. Distribution of antibiotic resistant bacteria in different soil types following manure application

    • Tingting Song
    • Muhammad Fahad Sardar
    • Hongna Li

    Research Article 19 December 2023 Article: 230210

    

45. No tillage increases soil microarthropod (Acari and Collembola) abundance at the global scale

    • Yulin Liu
    • Lihong Song
    • Liang Chang

    Review 19 December 2023 Article: 230208

    

46. Integrated application of synthetic community reduces consumption of herbicide in field Phalaris minor control

    • Amina Hadayat
    • Zahir Ahmad Zahir
    • Chun-Hui Gao

    Research Article 19 December 2023 Article: 230207

    

47. Patterns of crop-specific fertilizer-nitrogen losses and opportunities for sustainable mitigation: A quantitative overview of ¹⁵N-tracing studies

    • Cong Xu
    • Hanshen Zhu
    • Yongchun Zhang

    Research Article 19 December 2023 Article: 230206

    

48. Exploring the blindspot: The soil plastisphere

    • Xiaoxuan Su
    • Kai Yang

    Commentary 18 December 2023 Article: 230209

49. High nitrogen fertilizer input enhanced the microbial network complexity in the paddy soil

    • Yanan Chen
    • Yan Li
    • Linchuan Fang

    Research Article 04 December 2023 Article: 230205

    

50. A single degenerated primer significantly improves COX1 barcoding performance in soil nematode community profiling

    • Yincai Ren
    • Dorota L. Porazinska
    • Xue Qing

    Research Article 04 December 2023 Article: 230204