Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Promoting chiral metalaxyl degradation by bioaugmentation with a host-guest soil microbial consortiumChao Xu · Haibin Gu · Jiandong Sheng · Pingan Jiang · Ze WangFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1899881
Mini ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Cerebrospinal fluid metagenomic next-generation sequencing for culture-negative anaerobic central nervous system infection involving Prevotella oris : attribution challenges in low-biomass specimensYan Li · Minghua Fan · Yuyuan Hu · Yuhang Yang · Wenyuan Li · Wei Zhang · Yanhong WangFrontiers in Immunologydoi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1896093
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Divergent successional responses and environmental drivers of soil bacterial and fungal communities in subalpine forests of the Eastern Qilian MountainsZhengni Chen · Wenzhen Zong · Lei Ling · Quanlin MaFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1968766
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Long-term peanut cultivation alters soil organic C stocks and aggregate stability: insights from coupled iron oxide, microbial, and lignin phenol analysesYingru Liu · Shunli Cui · Shengchun Zhou · Haixin Wang · Yibo Wang · Puxiang Shi · Lifeng LiuFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1971411
Original ResearchPublished 2 October 2026Contrasting responses of loamy and sandy soils to biodegradable plastic residues: microbial biomass, aggregation, and aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogenPaola Gioacchini · Martina Mazzon · Sara Guerrini · Daniele Alberoni · Joana Cupi · Diana Di Gioia · Claudio MarzadoriFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1950823
Original ResearchPublished 25 September 2026Strip thinning and filling reduces litter humus carbon loss in Cupressus funebris plantations: relative contributions of microclimate, litter substrate and microbial biomassJiaping Yang · Qing Dong · Qiang Wang · Honglin Yang · Yulian Yang · Qinggui WuFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1929672
Original ResearchPublished 14 September 2026Soil-dependent effects of climate-adapted phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and salmon-bone nanohydroxyapatite on early maize phosphorus acquisition under controlled conditionsPiera Quattrocelli · Francesco Pompilii · Susanna Pecchia · Laura Ercoli · Elisa PellegrinoFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1916426
Original ResearchPublished 14 September 2026Fruit tree-based agroforestry as a nature-based solution for carbon sequestration in the vulnerable Eastern Himalayan ecosystem: plant–soil microbe feedbacks in the context of global changeAshish Singh · Uttam Kumar SahooFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1921800
Original ResearchPublished 11 September 2026Intercropping with soybean enhances walnut rhizosphere soil physicochemical conditions, microbial community composition, and ecosystem multifunctionalityJing Ren · Xue-feng Jiang · Yao-nian Chen · Xiao-yong Liu · Yifeng WangFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1876922
Original ResearchPublished 18 August 2026Coffee agroforestry, soil carbon, and restoration of a tropical Afromontane rainforestMaria T. Cossa · Tara J. Massad · David Fangueiro · Natasha S. Ribeiro · João Coutinho · Irene Fraga · Ana I. Ribeiro-BarrosFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1879348
Original ResearchPublished 26 May 2026Soil microbial communities shift in response to cropping sequence diversification with perennial seed cropsNewton Z. Lupwayi · Nityananda Khanal · Mathew Richards · Rodrigo Ortega PoloFrontiers in Microbiomesdoi 10.3389/frmbi.2026.1808609
