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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2026

Soil algae in arable land: changes in the genotypic community composition across time points and farming systems-a pilot study.

Stefan Barthel, Miriam Athmann, Tatyana Darienko, Nataliya Rybalka, Birgit Olberg, Maike Lorenz, Thomas Friedl

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Stefan BarthelDepartment Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae (EPSAG), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Miriam AthmannSection of Organic Farming and Cropping Systems, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany.
Tatyana DarienkoDepartment Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae (EPSAG), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Nataliya RybalkaDepartment Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae (EPSAG), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Birgit OlbergDepartment Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae (EPSAG), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Maike LorenzDepartment Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae (EPSAG), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Thomas FriedlDepartment Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae (EPSAG), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.

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Introduction: Soil algae, including Cyanobacteria, in the topsoils of arable land are essential for many valuable effects on soil texture and fertility. However, the constant changes and disturbances caused by agricultural practices create a challenging environment. We tested for responses in soil algal diversity across principal time points during the growth of Methods: We employed a metabarcoding analysis based on amplicons from multiple markers to assess changes in the genotypic community composition. Results and discussion: Relationships among the detected key groups of soil algae, i.e., Chlorophyta (Chlorophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae), Stramenopiles (Xanthophyceae, Diatomeae), and Cyanobacteria, varied significantly across the three principal time points of the wheat's growth season. The eukaryotic algae (118 genera) alone accounted for approximately one-third in March to approximately one-half in July of all microeukaryote ASVs in the surface soils. The 23S UPA marker, used to amplify eukaryotic algae and Cyanobacteria in a single step, and the 18S marker differed in their estimates of ASV numbers for Chlorophyta and Xanthophyceae. However, in combination with markers specifically targeting the green algal ITS2 and the

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arable landChlorophytaCyanobacteriafarming systemgenotypic community compositionmicrobial diversitysoil algaeStramenopiles

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