Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with
Stefan Geisen, Edward Mitchell, David M Wilkinson, Sina Adl, Michael Bonkowski, Matthew W. Brown, Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, Thierry Heger, Vincent E.J. Jassey, Valentyna Krashevska, Daniel J.G.Daniel J.G. Lahr, Katarzyna Marcisz, Matthieu Mulot, Richard Payne, David Singer, O. Roger Anderson, Dan J. Charman, Flemming Ekelund, Bryan S. Griffiths, Regin Rřnn, Alexey Smirnov, David Bass, Lassaâd Belbahri, Cédric Berney, Quentin Blandenier, Antonis Chatzinotas, Marianne Clarholm, Micah Dunthorn, Alan Feest, Leonardo D. Fernández, Wilhelm Foissner, Bertrand Fournier, Eleni Gentekaki, Michal Hájek, Johannes Helder, Alexandre Jousset, Robert Koller, Santosh Kumar, Antonietta La Terza, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Yuri Mazei, Susana S. Santos, Christophe Seppey, Frederick W. Spiegel, Julia Walochnik, Anne Winding & Enrique Lara
| Résumé |
Protists are the most diverse eukaryotes. These microbes are
keystone organisms of soil ecosystems and regulate essential
processes of soil fertility such as nutrient cycling and plant
growth. Despite this, protists have received little scientific
attention, especially compared to bacteria, fungi and nematodes in
soil studies. Recent methodological advances, particularly in
molecular biology techniques, have made the study of soil protists
more accessible, and have created a resurgence of interest in soil
protistology. This ongoing revolution now enables comprehensive
investigations of the structure and functioning of soil protist
communities, paving the way to a new era in soil biology. Instead
of providing an exhaustive review, we provide a synthesis of
research gaps that should be prioritized in future studies of soil
protistology to guide this rapidly developing research area. Based
on a synthesis of expert opinion we propose 30 key questions
covering a broad range of topics including evolution,
phylogenetics, functional ecology, macroecology, paleoecology, and
methodologies. These questions highlight a diversity of topics that will establish soil protistology as a hub discipline connecting different fundamental and applied fields such as ecology, biogeography, evolution, plant-microbe interactions, agronomy, and conservation biology. We are convinced that soil protistology has the potential to be one of the most exciting frontiers in biology. |
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| Citation | Geisen, S., Mitchell, E., Wilkinson, D. M., Adl, S., Bonkowski, M., Brown, M. W., Fiore-Donno, A. M., Heger, T., Jassey, V. E., Krashevska, V., Lahr, D. J. J., Marcisz, K., Mulot, M., Payne, R., Singer, D., Anderson, O. R., Charman, D. J., Ekelund, F., Griffiths, B. S., Rřnn, R., Smirnov, A., Bass, D., Belbahri, L., Berney, C., Blandenier, Q., Chatzinotas, A., Clarholm, M., Dunthorn, M., Feest, A., Fernández, L. D., Foissner, W., Fournier, B., Gentekaki, E., Hájek, M., Helder, J., Jousset, A., Koller, R., Kumar, S., La Terza, A., Lamentowicz, M., Mazei, Y., Santos, S. S., Seppey, C., Spiegel, F. W., Walochnik, J., Winding, A., & Lara, E.(2017, 1 August). Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 111, 94-103. |
| Type | Article de magazine (Anglais) |
| Magazine | Soil Biology and Biochemistry |
| Date de publication | 1-8-2017 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Pages | 94-103 |