ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2016
Ecology of Nitrogen Fixing, Nitrifying, and Denitrifying Microorganisms in Tropical Forest Soils.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the potential effects of endophytic bacteria Klebsiella on plant growth promotion and biocontrol of pathogens.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Pooled it
- Unboxing the black box-one step forward to understand the soil microbiome: A systematic review.Microbial ecology · 2023Pooled it
- Rainfall Shapes the Diversity of Soil Nitrogen-Fixing Microorganisms Worldwide.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Molecular and functional diversity of plant associated microbes: biotechnological potential, genomics and commercialization for climate resilient agriculture.Biologia futura · 2026Review
- Effects of pristine and citrate-coated zinc oxide nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling determined using multi-level assessment of enzyme activity, functional gene abundance and microbial community composition.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Host-Mediated Selection Shapes Conserved Root Bacterial Microbiomes Across Geographically SeparatedPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Influence of Alpine Forest Types on Soil Microbial Diversity and Soil Quality.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Relationship between land use type and bacterial composition in adjacent streams and riparian zones.PloS one · 2026Article
- Forest type and stand age co-regulate iron-associated carbon and microbial life-history strategies in red soils.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Next-generation soil monitoring: linking metagenomics, biosensors, and ecological modeling for sustainable agriculture.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- The microbial nexus: linking arsenic biogeochemistry with greenhouse gas emissions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Experimental warming alters free-living nitrogen fixation in a humid tropical forest.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- A Naked-Eye Fluorescent Probe for the Selective Detection of Hydrazine in Environmental and Biological Samples.Journal of fluorescence · 2025Article
- The native soil microbiome is critical for early root-associated microbiota assembly and canola growth.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- Bioenergetics evolution: the link between Earth's and Life's history.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Functional and Genomic Evidence of L-Arginine-Dependent Bacterial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity inBiology · 2025Article
- Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Nitrogen-fixing Ability of a Thermophilic Sulfate-reducing Bacterium in the Genus Thermodesulfovibrio Isolated from a Terrestrial Hot Spring in Japan.Microbes and environments · 2025Article
- Insights into uranium enrichment of indigenous electroactiveFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Effects of stand age on community composition and diversity of soil bacteria and fungi in poplar plantations in Northeast China.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Soil microorganisms play important roles in nitrogen cycling within forest ecosystems. Current research has revealed that a wider variety of microorganisms, with unexpected diversity in their functions and phylogenies, are involved in the nitrogen cycle than previously thought, including nitrogen-fixing bacteria, ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea, heterotrophic nitrifying microorganisms, and anammox bacteria, as well as denitrifying bacteria, archaea, and fungi. However, the vast majority of this research has been focused in temperate regions, and relatively little is known regarding the ecology of nitrogen-cycling microorganisms within tropical and subtropical ecosystems. Tropical forests are characterized by relatively high precipitation, low annual temperature fluctuation, high heterogeneity in plant diversity, large amounts of plant litter, and unique soil chemistry. For these reasons, regulation of the nitrogen cycle in tropical forests may be very different from that of temperate ecosystems. This is of great importance because of growing concerns regarding the effect of land use change and chronic-elevated nitrogen deposition on nitrogen-cycling processes in tropical forests. In the context of global change, it is crucial to understand how environmental factors and land use changes in tropical ecosystems influence the composition, abundance and activity of key players in the nitrogen cycle. In this review, we synthesize the limited currently available information regarding the microbial communities involved in nitrogen fixation, nitrification and denitrification, to provide deeper insight into the mechanisms regulating nitrogen cycling in tropical forest ecosystems. We also highlight the large gaps in our understanding of microbially mediated nitrogen processes in tropical forest soils and identify important areas for future research.
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