About this Research Topic
This research topic aims to present new information and research on how the microbiome functions within specific soil hotspot microenvironments. The main objectives include identifying the microorganisms present, understanding their ecological roles, and evaluating the competitive interactions within these communities. By addressing these questions, the research seeks to provide a more complete picture of the microbial dynamics in soil hotspots and their contributions to ecologically relevant processes.
To gather further insights into the microbiome in soil hotspots, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Studies on the detection of microbiome abundance and activity related to process rates in hotspots.
- Interdisciplinary studies on the main microbial processes in hotspots, process rates, and priming effects in different soil management regimes.
- Research and reports on the analysis of microbiota interactions in hotspots.
- Research on the importance of spatial and temporal biological heterogeneity of soils.
- The latest insights in approaches for hotspot identification.
Keywords: Soil hotspots, Soil microbiome, Soil microbiotia, Species gene repertoire, Hotspot indentification, Microbiome abundance and activity, Priming effects, Different usage soil, metagenomic niche space
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