Groundwater health is increasingly threatened by climate change, which alters precipitation patterns, leading to groundwater recharge shifts. These shifts impact subsurface microbial communities, crucial for maintaining ecosystem functions. In this decade-long study of carbonate aquifers, we analyzed…
Snowfall/cover and snowmelt are essential determinants of winter soil processes/events that may force the biogeochemical dynamics of soils in temperate regions. Increasing variability of the European hydroclimate is expected to lead to more frequent intermittent warm periods, which cause snowmelt during…
The seepage-mediated translocation of soil microorganisms across the soil-regolith boundary plays a central role in connecting surface and subsurface habitats. However, field studies targeting the factors controlling the dynamics of this translocation are still rare. We aimed to disentangle the effects…
The ecophysiology of complete ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (CMX) of the genus Nitrospira and their widespread occurrence in groundwater suggests that CMX bacteria have a competitive advantage over ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA) in these environments. However, the specific contribution…
Purpose: The woolly beech aphid thrives on European beech leaves, which has complex direct and indirect impacts on above- and belowground processes. A mechanistic understanding of insect-mediated changes in organic carbon (OC) availability for microbial life and its implications for element cycling is…
Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022-02-02
The phyllosphere is a challenging microbial habitat in which microorganisms can flourish on organic carbon released by plant leaves but are also exposed to harsh environmental conditions. Here, we assessed the relative importance of canopy position—top, mid, and bottom at a height between 31 and 20 m—and…