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 8 October 2026Metagenomic and culture-dependent characterization of between-field variation in phosphorus-cycling microbial communities and functional potential across tobacco–safflower rotation fieldsYou Luo · Yu Wang · Zhufeng Shi · Zilin Li · Te Pu · Yanni Wang · Ming Ni · Xun He · Jing Li · Chenying Li · Xuewei Li · Peiwen YangFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1983930
Original ResearchPublished 5 October 2026Favorable habitats of endangered halophytes harbor unique soil properties and bacterial communities, with a dominant root-associated genus promoting host plant growthHinako Kubo · Riku Murakami · Kodai Kato · Manami Tsuna · Takahiko Koizumi · Haruko Saito · Taku Kato · Minenosuke Matsutani · Hikaru Sakamoto · Hiromasa Saitoh · Kosuke YamamotoFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1959075
CorrectionPublished 16 September 2026Correction: Soil nematode community responses along a Sophora alopecuroides encroachment gradient in degraded grasslands of the Ili River ValleyJiangchao Yan · Jianghui Liu · Zhicheng Jiang · Xuan Liu · Dong Cui · Junai ZhangFrontiers in Ecology and Evolutiondoi 10.3389/fevo.2026.1973634
Original ResearchPublished 15 September 2026Wildfire and timber harvesting drive long-term modifications in soil properties of Southern Patagonian Nothofagus forestsGuillermo Martínez Pastur · Jimena E. Chaves · Ayelén Farías · Benjamín Roberts · María Vanessa Lencinas · Julián Rodríguez-SouillaFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1945424
Original ResearchPublished 14 September 2026Short-term effects of different forms of straw return on rhizosphere and bulk soil bacterial communities and microenvironmental conditions in saline-alkali maize fieldsSina Liu · Wenyan Su · Xiaobin Li · Wuzeng Cheng · Yanchen Wen · Guofeng Liu · Ping CongFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1938918
Original ResearchPublished 11 September 2026Long-term orchard-floor mulching alters soil fungal assemblages, nutrient status, and peach fruit traitsLei Guo · Bo Wang · Falin Wang · Xicheng Wang · Binbin Zhang · Hongfeng Song · Zhijun ShenFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1907756
Original ResearchPublished 26 August 2026Soil physical and chemical parameters affect litter decomposition in an agriculturally dominated catchmentÁgota Horel · Imre Zagyva · Tibor ZsigmondFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1908668
Original ResearchPublished 19 August 2026Edaphic heterogeneity shapes bacterial microbiome composition and rhizobial diversity in smallholder cowpea farms of semiarid eastern KenyaAhmed Kassem Khater · Ezekiel Mugendi Njeru · Stephen Mwangi GithiriFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1911455
Original ResearchPublished 13 August 2026Bioavailable metals, microbial community dysfunction, and plant growth constraints in a tropical mining waste dump: implications for ecological risk assessment and remediationLisha Huang · Zhibo Wu · Biwei Hu · Guangqi Ma · Xuezhe Zhu · Zhiqi Long · Mingjiang ZhangFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1908985
