Biofilms reshape soil-water dynamics with enhanced vapor adsorption and hysteresis reversal under dry conditions.

Huan Hu, Chong Chen, Yili Lu, Robert Horton, Tusheng Ren

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Huan HuCollege of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Chong ChenCollege of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Yili LuCollege of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. luyili@cau.edu.cn.

Robert HortonDepartment of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.

Tusheng RenCollege of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFD1500300National Natural Science Foundation of China 42177273National Science Foundation 2037504

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial biofilms are crucial for microbial survival during drought by modifying soil-water dynamics. Their influence on water vapor transport in dry soils remains unexplored. This study systematically investigates biofilm-mediated changes in soil water vapor sorption (SWVS) dynamics across a wide matric potential range (-400 MPa to -10 MPa). Using soils of varying textures inoculated with wild-type and mutant strains of Pseudomonas putida and Bacillus subtilis, we characterized SWVS isotherms and concomitant changes in soil and biofilm properties. Key findings reveal that active cells and biofilms persist in dry soils (water activity a

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Bacillus subtilisBiofilmsPseudomonas putidaSoilSoil MicrobiologySteamWaterAdsorptionExtracellular Polymeric Substance MatrixSoilSteamWater

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PMID41942443

DOI10.1038/s41522-026-00984-y

PMCPMC13234115

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