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ReviewEnvironmental microbiome2025

The invisible architects: microbial communities and their transformative role in soil health and global climate changes.

Sajid Iqbal, Farida Begum, Benedictor Alexander Nguchu, Uzabakiriho Pierre Claver, Peter Shaw

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Review in Environmental microbiome, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Characterization of chemotaxis in soybean symbiontApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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  2. Legacy Effects ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  17. Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture.Progress in molecular and subcellular biology · 2026
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  18. Organic Amendments andPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  20. Movement of bacteria in the soil and the rhizosphere.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sajid IqbalOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Farida BegumOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Benedictor Alexander NguchuOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Uzabakiriho Pierre ClaverOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
Peter ShawOujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China. petershaw@ojlab.ac.cn.

Funding

Science Foundation of Oujiang Laboratory OJQD2022005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the last decades, substantial advancements have been made in identifying soil characteristics that impact the composition of the soil microbiome. However, the impacts of microorganisms on their respective soil habitats have received less attention, with the majority of prior research focusing on the contributions of microbes to the dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen. Soil microbiome plays a critical role in soil habitats by influencing soil fertility, crop yields, and biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. In addition to their roles in nutrient cycling and organic matter transformations, soil microorganisms affect the soil environment via many biochemical and biophysical mechanisms. For instance, the soil microbiome plays an essential role in soil mechanical stability and pore connectivity and regulates the flow of nutrients, oxygen, and water. Similarly, soil microbiomes perform various critical functions in an ecosystem, which leads to carbon stabilization for a long time and could serve as microbiome engineering targets for global climate change mitigation. In this review, considering soil structure, hydrology, and chemistry, we outline how microorganisms alter the soil ecosystem. Further, this study investigates the mechanisms by which feedback loops can be generated between microorganisms and soil. Moreover, we analyze the potential of microbially mediated modifications of soil properties as a viable strategy to address soil threats and global climate challenges. In addition, the current study propose a deep learning-based approach to develop a synthetic microbial consortium to improve soil health and mitigate climate change.

Indexed as

AI-based system for soil healthBioweatheringMicrobial communitiesSoil microbiomesSoil propertiesSustainable agricultureSynthetic microbial consortia

Identifiers

PMID40133952
PMCPMC11938724

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