The ISME Journal
This journal covers the diverse and integrated areas of microbial ecology and encourages contributions that represent major advances for the study of microbial ecosystems, communities, and interactions of microorganisms in the environment.
More than the primary decomposers: microbiome predators as emerging catalysers of decomposition
The soil microbiome (bacteria and fungi) are key determinants of the global carbon cycle, with abiotic factors known to affect microbial decomposition. Here we show that also predation by protists profoundly INCREASES microbial decomposition, a recently unknown process that warrants attention!
Gammaproteobacteria transform organic compounds in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes
Dr. Zhichao Zhou and Prof. Dr. Meng Li
