Hot off press: Review paper on arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphal highways - recruitment and mobility of hyphal microbiome members (open access). More at

A new postdoc vacancy available immediately and until end 2026 - interaction/communication between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their hyphosphere microbiomes.

A postdoc vacancy - interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria - to be filled asap.

Hot off the SBB press:. Benefits in plant N uptake via the mycorrhizal pathway in ample soil moisture persist under severe drought. great collab with David Püschel, Micha Bitterlich and others. The link to fulltext is here:. And a teaser here:

Two postdoc and one PhD student positions to be filled from 1st January 2024 on arbuscular mycorrhiza - bacterial interactions. Gnotobiotic models and microbiome manipulations within a large project "Talking microbes". More at

RT @madi_784: #Mycorrhiza governs plant-plant interactions through preferential allocation of shared nutritional resources: A triple (#13C,….

We are hiring - looking for a postdoc to work on interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil nitrification.

RT @madi_784: The extraradical hyphae-associated microbiome of #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi harbors a diverse reservoir of microbes with….

great collaboration with @ppjevac and several other (twitter-less) colleagues.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi suppress nitrification in soil - particularly the ammonia oxidizing bacteria. Very strong effect comparable with nitrification inhibitors. Almost no effect on the ammonium oxidizing archaea though. More here (OA):

Should PLFA or NLFA C16w5 be used to assess arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass? A recent opinion authored by a number of colleagues previously involved in development and use of fatty acid biomarker assays for roots and soils is now online at

RT @EdithCHammer: #EGU22 News!! @EuroGeosciences postponed the deadline for abstract submissions until Friday 14 January at 13.00 CET! .@EG….

Interested in soil-fungal interactions and belowground networks? Last few days to submit an abstract to EGU2022 meeting - SSS4.3 Soil fungal interaction and fungal biodiversity in soils. Abstract deadline 12 January 2022, 13:00 CET. More at:

Soil microbial loop playing a role in organic nitrogen utilization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - revealed by a synthetic community approach. Please see our recent report published in ISME Journal: