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The Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research aims to advance the fundamental understanding of how soil microorganisms and plants respond to and in turn shape their abiotic and biotic environment, and what consequences these interactions have for the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems.
Researchers at TER address pressing environmental issues, such as the impact of climate change on ecosystem functioning and the role of soils in the global carbon cycle and in food security.
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Rasoulimehrabani H, Riva A, Inan D, Hodžić A, Hausmann B, Nikolov G et al. Lactulose selectively stimulates members of the gut microbiota, as determined by multi-modal activity-based sorting. Gut microbes. 2025 Jun 27;17(1):2525482. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2025.2525482
Li T, Li Y, Salas E, Tian Y, Liu X, Wanek W. A Comprehensive and Ultrasensitive Isotope Calibration Method for Soil Amino Compounds Using Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 2025 Jun 24;97(24):12679 - 12689. Epub 2025 Jun 12. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c01358
Marañón-Jiménez S, Luo X, Richter A, Gündler P, Fuchslueger L, Verbrigghe N et al. Warming Weakens Soil Nitrogen Stabilization Pathways Driving Proportional Carbon Losses in Subarctic Ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 2025 Jun 24;31(6):e70309. doi: 10.1111/gcb.70309
Fu H, Chen H, Ma Z, Liang G, Tian J, Wanek W et al. Global Synthesis of Fertilisation-Induced Changes in the Microbial Entombing Effect. Global Change Biology. 2025 Jun 19;31(6):e70276. doi: 10.1111/gcb.70276
Dahl MB, Brachmann S, Söllinger A, Schnell M, Ahlers L, Wutkowska M et al. Quantifying Soil Microbiome Abundance by Metatranscriptomics and Complementary Molecular Techniques-Cross-Validation and Perspectives. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2025 Jun 3;e14130. Epub 2025 Jun 3. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.14130