Biodiversity hotspots of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are located in other parts of the world: at low and high latitudes. And these important symbiotic partners of crops and trees deserve more protection! See and @globalfungi.

RT @globalfungi: The GlobalFungi team is happy to announce that data downloads are now available from GlobalFungi (….

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Little time is left until the abstract submission deadline for the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms conference. I hope that you enjoy with us the white nights in Helsiniki on June 15-19. See more here:

RT @EtienneRichy: 🌳Happy to see our work published in @GlobalChangeBio! This study uncovers how long-term nutrient addition impacts soil ca….

Dispersal at short distances is more complicated for plants than for microbes. Although plant communities vary with distance travelled, they are not "strong enough" to modify the microbiome, especially bacteria. Chemistry matters more for microbes.

We are hiring a postdoc who will study bacterial biogeography from local to global scale. If you want to join our group in the Institute of Microbiology, Prague and explore with us this topic, look here:

The path towards sequencing of all eukaryotic genomes of Europe, the goal of @erga_biodiv will be still long - in particular for fungi - but the first step was already made.

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DNA-based metabarcoding discovers threatened fungal species even there where they can be missed in fruitbody surveys. Some fungi, though, may escape metabarcoding since deadwood sampling to get eDNA can not be complete.

RT @ecology_soil: Thematic issue with the papers originating at our 2022 conference in Prague is now online. Check more here: https://t.co/….

RT @Kohout_mycor: We are looking for new PhD students and postdocs!.We are opening positions in:. Fungal biogeography: .

Fungi and bacteria on the roots of grassland plants are affected by the species identity of neighbouring plants (of course in addition to the soil chemistry and the host plant itself). What is the importance of microbiome sharing in grassland soils?.

RT @globalfungi: GlobalFungi Release 5 is online! . Our team and collaborators added 27788 samples (blue points on map) from 331 new papers….

RT @Kohout_mycor: Looking for a postdoc for a position in Microbial ecology and biogeography, to work in an inspiring and friendly environm….

RT @Geoderma_Jrnl: Our #OpenAccess Editors Choice for November: "Seasonal dynamics of soil microbial growth, respiration, biomass, and carb….

RT @globalfungi: GlobalAMFungi: a global database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal occurrences from high‐throughput sequencing metabarcodin….

RT @holisoils: Media & #forestry professionals in Slovakia 🇸🇰 got to know more about #HoliSoils!. Read how the progress of this project was….

Postdoc position available! . We seek a motivated postdoc to join the @HoliSoils ( and @globalfungi teams in Prague. The person will study the response of soil microbiome to forest management, disturbance and global change. More:.

Drivers of soil fungal community composition change with scale: vegetation is important at small distances, environmental factors prevail at regional scales. Yeast communities show remarkable spatial homogeneity across spaces with several omnipresent taxa.

How much do we know about functioning of microbiomes? So far, at least half of large global protein families were unknown. Collaborative sampling of environmment and use of metagenomic data help to identify new proteins including their 3D structures.