Frontiers in Microbiology | Terrestrial Microbiology section | New and Recent Articles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/sections/terrestrial-microbiology RSS Feed for Terrestrial Microbiology section in the Frontiers in Microbiology journal | New and Recent Articles en-us Frontiers Feed Generator,version:1 2026-08-28T02:23:52.31+00:00 60 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1915701 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1915701 <![CDATA[Concomitant responses of free-living nitrogen fixation and diazotrophic community composition to soil moisture in two soils]]> 2026-08-26T00:00:00Z Original Research Qian ZhaoQingqing HeJipeng Wang https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1918463 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1918463 <![CDATA[Biodegradable mulch films promote sugarcane growth by regulating rhizosphere microbial communities and predicted nutrient cycling-related functional potentials]]> 2026-08-26T00:00:00Z Original Research Qianyuan DuanQiang LiuXinping MaoZhaonian YuanZiqin PangYufang Shen https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1841614 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1841614 <![CDATA[Unveiling diverse interactions between soil microbiota and host plants for sustainable agriculture: current limitations and prospects]]> 2026-08-26T00:00:00Z Review Moazma BatoolSadam HussainAbdul Ghaffar SharHafeez ur RehmanEjaz Ahmad WaraichArslan HaidarUsman ZulfiqarRuixin ShaoJwaher Salem Khamis AlghafriMayank Anand Gururani https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1915742 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1915742 <![CDATA[Microbial rhizosphere and topsoil communities in young reforestation plantations]]> 2026-08-26T00:00:00Z Original Research Jenny VivianAlison ShapcottRobin L. ChazdonDavid J. Lee https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1923567 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1923567 <![CDATA[Metagenomic sequencing reveals structural and functional differentiation of the rhizosphere bacterial communities associated with available potassium in Atractylodes lancea affected with root rot]]> 2026-08-19T00:00:00Z Original Research Li LiRuibo Liu 4) revealed that all the differential genera in the healthy group belonged to the Burkholderiaceae family within Pseudomonadota. Functional prediction demonstrated that rhizosphere bacteria of healthy plants were predominantly enriched for genes involved in ABC transporter pathways, whereas diseased samples were enriched for secondary metabolite biosynthesis alongside significantly elevated abundance of auxiliary oxidoreductase genes. The abundance of auxiliary oxidoreductase genes was also significantly higher in the diseased group. Redundancy and correlation analyses showed that available potassium was strongly correlated with the divergence in the composition and function of the rhizosphere bacterial community.ConclusionsThis study revealed that the occurrence of root rot was associated with imbalanced physicochemical properties of rhizosphere soil, shifts in bacterial community composition and structure, and alterations in metabolic functions of A. lancea. These findings elucidate rhizosphere responses linked to root rot and inform the sustainable cultivation of A. lancea.]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1850863 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1850863 <![CDATA[Bacillus subtilis isolated from medicinal plants rhizosphere effectively controls Cercospora leaf spot and improves plant growth in mung bean (Vigna radiata)]]> 2026-08-19T00:00:00Z Original Research Misbah ul AinAkhtar HameedSaima MuzammilTsanko GechevMuhammad Faisal https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1869726 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1869726 <![CDATA[Biochemical fulvic acid mediates nutrients and microbial community structure in different textured sodic saline-alkali soils]]> 2026-08-18T00:00:00Z Original Research Yan SunBingbing WuBowei Ren https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1889648 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1889648 <![CDATA[Multigene phylogeny and taxonomy of Hydnaceae (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) reveal Leucopruina abieticola gen. et sp. nov. from Southwest China]]> 2026-08-14T00:00:00Z Original Research Zhan-Bo LiuJian-Ling ZhangRen-Jin ChenKe-Ni MengYing-Ge FanHan LiuGuang-Peng WengXiao-Bin LiuJing-Xuan XuYu-Tong ZhangQing-Chao ZengHan ZhaoShu-Jiang Li https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1858111 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1858111 <![CDATA[Straw return and organic fertilization promote soil organic carbon sequestration through microbes]]> 2026-08-13T00:00:00Z Mini Review Yu YuXueqing DengFuwei WangSuzhi XingJianfei Wang https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1880144 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1880144 <![CDATA[Effect of intercropping medicinal herbs in Pinus elliottii plantation on soil properties and microbial community characteristics]]> 2026-08-12T00:00:00Z Original Research Shutong SangWei HuangWendi LanKaitai YangBaoling ChenSuzhen LiuJun LiuDongxue ZhangFengqing LiXingliang Chen https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1731684 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1731684 <![CDATA[Unveiling the bacterial community structure and soil properties in bulk and rhizospheric compartments of Tamarix gallica from an arid Algerian saline ecosystem]]> 2026-08-10T00:00:00Z Original Research Hanaa AbdelbariNatalia Rodríguez-BerbelRaúl OrtegaIsabel MirallesYassine Moustafa MahdadSemir Bechir Suheil Gaouar https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1845000 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1845000 <![CDATA[Cadmium tolerance and taxonomic diversity of cultivable bacteria isolated from Inga sp. nodules, Quararibea sp. roots and rhizosphere soil in cocoa agroforestry systems of the Peruvian Amazon]]> 2026-08-07T00:00:00Z Original Research Jessenia Shirley Ramos ArmauliaSantos Triunfo Leiva EspinozaSegundo Manuel Oliva Cruz https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1892064 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1892064 <![CDATA[Application of glyphosate or paraquat before the emergence of maize plants (Zea mays L.) had no detectable effect on the rhizosphere or endophyte bacterial community structure under the tested field conditions]]> 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z Original Research Claudia E. Aceves-SurianoAna Lilia Toriz-NavaSimon FonteyneNele VerhulstBram GovaertsGabriela Medina-PérezMarco L. Luna-GuidoYendi E. Navarro-NoyaJesús Bernardino Velázquez-FernándezLuc Dendooven 95%). Many putative biosynthesis pathways were strongly enriched in the maize stem compared to the roots. It was found that application of glyphosate or paraquat before maize emergence had no significant effect on the soil, rhizosphere, root, stem or grain bacterial community structure. However, there was a clear change in the bacterial community from the rhizosphere to the roots, stem and grains of the maize plants and an unidentified Alphaproteobacteria and uncultured member of the Marinilabiliaceae, i.e., JC017, became highly dominant.]]> https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1896384 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1896384 <![CDATA[Vertical differentiation of soil properties and microbial communities in long-term Eucalyptus grandis × urophylla plantations: surface diversity recovery does not offset deep-layer functional degradation]]> 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z Original Research Zongsheng YuanSifan WangYouxian ChenXun DongFang Liu https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1909648 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1909648 <![CDATA[Long-term combined organic and inorganic fertilization enhances soil quality and crop yield by regulating bacterial diversity and soil physicochemical properties]]> 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z Original Research Wenbo MiJianjun ZhangShuying WangTinglu FanGang ZhaoYi DangLei WangGang ZhouXujiao ZhouJingyu HuShangzhong Li https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1856023 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1856023 <![CDATA[Leveraging soil microbiome diversity for the management of highly virulent Fusarium wilt (FOV4) in cotton]]> 2026-07-31T00:00:00Z Original Research Ilham LaadsiMostafa AbdelrahmanMauricio UlloaMohamed FokarTimothy O. Jobe https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1913855 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1913855 <![CDATA[Wheat native endophytic bacteria isolated from Mediterranean and Atlantic agroecosystems: identification, functional profiling and seedling bioassays]]> 2026-07-30T00:00:00Z Original Research Adriano B. BingobingoSandra HilárioNuno Mariz-PonteNatasha OrtolanTânia R. FernandesSusana M. P. Carvalho https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1897611 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1897611 <![CDATA[Contrasting roles of fungal necromass and mineral preservation in influencing mineral-associated organic carbon across and within elevation bands]]> 2026-07-30T00:00:00Z Original Research Junyu ZhuQinxi LiuXuyang LuJiasen WuXinli ChenYouchao ChenYanjiang Cai https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1752289 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1752289 <![CDATA[Effects of tree species mixing on soil microbial community structure in Karst regions of Southwest China]]> 2026-07-30T00:00:00Z Original Research Yan WuXumeng TanYu WuJianfeng LiGuili Di https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1902699 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1902699 <![CDATA[Microbial network and its relationship with plants reflect the restoration of grasslands during a five-year period]]> 2026-07-29T00:00:00Z Original Research Minghui ZhangChunnan FanJinping ZhengQiang LiuFang Yu