Aurélien Saghaï

Maize root growth, Oxygen and N availability drive formation of N2O hotspots in soil

The paper measures N2O concentrations in the rhizosphere and links them to root growth, O2 levels, and nutrient availability, showing their role in N2O formation.

Denitrification is a community trait with partial pathways dominating across microbial genomes and biomes

The paper analyzes denitrification gene distribution across microbial genomes and biomes, finding partial denitrifiers dominate and complete denitrifiers are more metabolically flexible.

Diverse crop rotations off-set yield-scaled nitrogen losses via denitrification

The paper shows that diverse crop rotations reduce yield-scaled nitrogen losses through denitrification by improving microbial biomass and functional guilds involved in nitrogen cycling.