Jianwei Li, Jeewani H. Peduruhewa, Robert W. Brown, David R. Chadwick, Robert I. Griffiths, Haoran Fu, Hongfeng Bian, LianXi Sheng, Qinqxu Ma, Davey L. Jones
{"title":"Biochar reshapes soil bacterial community composition and survival strategies: a meta-analysis revealing trade-offs between microbial stability and functional complexity","authors":"Jianwei Li, Jeewani H. Peduruhewa, Robert W. Brown, David R. Chadwick, Robert I. Griffiths, Haoran Fu, Hongfeng Bian, LianXi Sheng, Qinqxu Ma, Davey L. Jones","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01971-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01971-9","url":null,"abstract":"As a promising strategy for improving soil health and mitigating climate change, biochar has received increasing attention in recent years. However, findings regarding its microbial effects are often context-dependent, and the complex impacts of biochar on soil microbial communities remain inadequately understood. Here, we integrated 843 samples of 16 S rRNA sequencing data from 24 independent studies, utilizing machine learning and co-occurrence network analysis to evaluate general patterns and mechanisms by which biochar alters bacteria community composition and survival strategies. Overall, biochar significantly increased soil organic C, total N, pH, and reduced bulk density, which in turn affected microbial communities. While biochar addition did not notably alter bacterial α-diversity (Shannon index or species richness), it significantly changed β-diversity, indicating that biochar addition altered microbial community composition. Biochar changed community composition and survival strategies by reducing the oligotroph/copiotroph ratio, favouring copiotrophs groups (e.g., Bacteroidota). <jats:italic>K</jats:italic> -strategists (e.g., Planctomycetota) were reduced by biochar, potentially due to increased nutrient availability and increased competition. Model selection analysis identified that soil physicochemical properties were key drivers of α-diversity, while climate variables were the main factors influencing β-diversity. Biochar properties represented key factors influencing changes in microbial survival strategy. Machine learning identified 138 biomarker genera, with biochar-treated soils showing an increase in Pseudomonadota. Co-occurrence network analysis indicated that biochar increased microbial stability, but reduced network complexity, suggesting a trade-off between resilience and functional redundancy following biochar addition. These findings provide new insights into how biochar influences the composition and ecological functions of soil bacterial communities and offer theoretical support for its scientific application in sustainable soil management.","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145796184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Manure distribution interacts with soil moisture and nitrate availability in controlling soil N2O emissions","authors":"Winnie Ntinyari, Søren O. Petersen","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01960-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01960-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145796197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xue Zhou, Jaehyun Lee, Yerang Yang, Hyunho Lee, Hojeong Kang
{"title":"Mycorrhizal type overrides leaf trait in governing nitrification and ammonia oxidizers: evidence from DNA-SIP in a subtropical forest","authors":"Xue Zhou, Jaehyun Lee, Yerang Yang, Hyunho Lee, Hojeong Kang","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01970-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01970-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145770740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tianzhuo Cheng, Yingfan Wang, Davey L. Jones, Roland Bol, Wolfgang Wanek, Yongchao Liang, Qingxu Ma
{"title":"Sulphur wheel: A neglected driver for the coupling of multi-element cycles in soil","authors":"Tianzhuo Cheng, Yingfan Wang, Davey L. Jones, Roland Bol, Wolfgang Wanek, Yongchao Liang, Qingxu Ma","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01968-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01968-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145753157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyun-Jin Park, Kwang-Seung Lee, Nuri Baek, Seo-Woo Park, Eun-Seo Shin, Jiyu Lee, Woo-Jung Choi
{"title":"δ15N and δ13C of pine sapling needles as indicators of enhanced N cycling and ameliorated acidity by alkaline fly ash application in artificially acidified soils","authors":"Hyun-Jin Park, Kwang-Seung Lee, Nuri Baek, Seo-Woo Park, Eun-Seo Shin, Jiyu Lee, Woo-Jung Choi","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01964-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01964-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145717917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daria Frohloff, Andreas Rytz, Michael Clare, Claudio Cropano, Guillaume Lassalle, Marcus A. Horn, Elodie Soussan, Adrian Ho
{"title":"Design-based soil sampling strategy for unbiased and precise soil characteristics in arable fields","authors":"Daria Frohloff, Andreas Rytz, Michael Clare, Claudio Cropano, Guillaume Lassalle, Marcus A. Horn, Elodie Soussan, Adrian Ho","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01965-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01965-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145711453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Vega Cofre, Jiarui Sun, Wendy Williams, Rebecca Lyons, Peter O’Reagain, Susanne Schmidt, Paul G. Dennis
{"title":"Impacts of grazing management on biocrust microbiomes and their potential to input and cycle nutrients","authors":"Maria Vega Cofre, Jiarui Sun, Wendy Williams, Rebecca Lyons, Peter O’Reagain, Susanne Schmidt, Paul G. Dennis","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01963-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01963-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145703986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Viola Kurm, Mirjam T. Schilder, Johnny H. M. Visser, Joeke Postma
{"title":"Integration of six field studies to assess soil suppressiveness against Globisporangium ultimum under different management practices","authors":"Viola Kurm, Mirjam T. Schilder, Johnny H. M. Visser, Joeke Postma","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01966-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01966-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"25 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145680324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Obey Kudakwashe Zveushe, Faqin Dong, Ying Han, Hengxing Zhang, Wenfang Chen, Lucas Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Lei Zhou, Wei Zhang, Víctor Resco de Dios
{"title":"Dissecting the shift in dominant bacterial protein functions during primary succession in a retreating glacier from the eastern Tibetan plateau","authors":"Obey Kudakwashe Zveushe, Faqin Dong, Ying Han, Hengxing Zhang, Wenfang Chen, Lucas Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Lei Zhou, Wei Zhang, Víctor Resco de Dios","doi":"10.1007/s00374-025-01957-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-025-01957-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9210,"journal":{"name":"Biology and Fertility of Soils","volume":"117 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145657209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}