ReviewNature biotechnology2023
Soil microbiome engineering for sustainability in a changing environment.
Review in Nature biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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96 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Agricultural soil microbiomes are structurally and functionally more resistant to warming than adjacent natural ecosystems.Nature food · 2026Pooled it
- Principles for Rigorous Design and Application of Synthetic Microbial Communities.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Pooled it
- Horizon scanning of potential environmental applications of terrestrial animals, fish, algae and microorganisms produced by genetic modification, including the use of new genomic techniques.Frontiers in genome editing · 2024Pooled it
- The Plant-Microbe Alliance for Environmental Restoration: From Nature-Inspired Solutions to Engineered Ecological Recovery.Microbial biotechnology · 2026Article
- Enhanced Endophytic Colonization of Flavobacterium Promotes Plant Resistance to Fusarium Wilt.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Afforestation and reforestation support coupled gains in soil life and carbon storage worldwide.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Describing the persistence landscape for introducing microbes into complex communities.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Review
- First Tetraploa Genome and Multi-Omics Analysis Reveal Key Plant-Microbe-Soil Interactions for Salt Tolerance and Yield Improvement of Wheat.Plant biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Viruses help shape microbiome response to polyphenol rewiring of methane-suppressed peat microcosms.PLoS biology · 2026Article
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- Engineering soil microbiomes for resistance.Nature food · 2026Article
- Impact of microbial consortia and fertilization regimes on the soil microbiome in maize field trials.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Interactions Between Root Traits and Fungal Functional Guilds Across the Root Economics Spectrum.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Shifts in Rhizosphere and Bulk Soil Microbial Communities During the Second and Third Years of Ginseng Cultivation.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- CRAGE-RB-PI-seq reveals transcriptional dynamics of plant-associated bacteria during root colonization.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Trichoderma crassum WMM-1-7 reshapes the rhizosphere metabolome of Pseudostellaria heterophylla with benefits.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Developing Effective Bioinoculant and Engineering Plant Microbiome for Climate Resilient Agriculture: Lessons Learned and Future Roadmap.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Integrase-On-Demand: bioprospecting integrases for targeted genomic insertion of genetic cargo.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
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Abstract
Recent advances in microbial ecology and synthetic biology have the potential to mitigate damage caused by anthropogenic activities that are deleteriously impacting Earth's soil ecosystems. Here, we discuss challenges and opportunities for harnessing natural and synthetic soil microbial communities, focusing on plant growth promotion under different scenarios. We explore current needs for microbial solutions in soil ecosystems, how these solutions are being developed and applied, and the potential for new biotechnology breakthroughs to tailor and target microbial products for specific applications. We highlight several scientific and technological advances in soil microbiome engineering, including characterization of microbes that impact soil ecosystems, directing how microbes assemble to interact in soil environments, and the developing suite of gene-engineering approaches. This Review underscores the need for an interdisciplinary approach to understand the composition, dynamics and deployment of beneficial soil microbiomes to drive efforts to mitigate or reverse environmental damage by restoring and protecting healthy soil ecosystems.
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