M. Delgado-Baquerizo

Soil health increases primary productivity across Europe

This study links soil health to primary productivity across Europe's woodlands, grasslands, and croplands, showing higher soil health in woodlands and positive associations with productivity in croplands and grasslands.

Complementary effects of above- and belowground biodiversity on ecosystem functions across global grasslands

The paper investigates how plant and soil microbial diversity contribute to ecosystem functions in grasslands, finding they have unique and interactive effects under different aridity conditions.

Highly diverse and unknown viruses may enhance Antarctic endoliths' adaptability

The paper analyzes viral diversity in Antarctic rocks using metagenomics, revealing highly diverse and spatially structured virus communities that may influence bacterial adaptation and biogeochemistry.

The global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome

This study maps the global distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in soils and identifies key environmental drivers influencing their prevalence.

Towards understanding diversity, endemicity and global change vulnerability of soil fungi

The paper identifies unknown soil fungi using PacBio sequencing and evaluates standardization methods to analyze global diversity, endemicity, and vulnerability patterns.

Environmental thresholds in the functional mycobiome of global drylands

The paper analyzes fungal community data from global drylands to identify environmental thresholds affecting community composition and functional guilds.

Database-independent analysis of probable post-translational modifications of soil proteins across ecosystems

The paper uses a database-independent method to identify probable post-translational modifications in soil proteins across different ecosystems, finding similar PTMs across ecosystems but significant changes in some mass intervals.

Vegetation structure determines cyanobacterial communities during soil development across global biomes

The paper investigates how vegetation structure influences soil cyanobacterial communities across soil development in global biomes, finding stable communities in most cases but shifts during vegetation transitions.

Temperature increases soil respiration across ecosystem types and soil development, but soil properties determine the magnitude of this effect

The paper investigates how soil properties and development stage influence the temperature response of soil heterotrophic respiration across different ecosystems.

Unraveling the effects of spatial variability and relic DNA on the temporal dynamics of soil microbial communities

This study investigates how spatial variability and relic DNA affect temporal dynamics in soil microbial communities, finding that spatial patterns persist and relic DNA masks temporal changes.

A global survey of mycobacterial diversity in soil

This study surveys global soil mycobacterial diversity, finding high diversity with many undescribed lineages and environmental preferences, but few known pathogens in soil.

Ecological niche differentiation in soil cyanobacterial communities across the globe

This study identifies three major soil cyanobacterial clusters with distinct environmental preferences across global ecosystems and constructs the first global atlas of soil cyanobacteria.

Ecological analyses of mycobacteria in showerhead biofilms and their relevance to human health

This study analyzes mycobacteria in showerhead biofilms across the U.S. and Europe, finding that water source and chemistry influence mycobacterial diversity and abundance, with implications for NTM lung disease transmission.