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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 1d

New publication: Metagenome-based identification of functional traits of the black soldier fly gut microbiome associated with larval performance, by @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #foodwaste #insectgut
doi.org/10.1186/s128...

Figure 7 in IJdema et al. (2025): "Overview of the biosynthetic gene clusters and Gene Cluster Families. The ovals in the figure represent the contigs extracted from the metagenomics dataset that were identified as secondary metabolite gene clusters (or biosynthetic gene clusters, BGCs) by antiSMASH. The taxonomic identification of each BGC based on a similarity search in GenBank is provided. Next, BGCs from the metagenomics dataset and BGCs from the MIBiG reference database (shown as grey arrowheads) with similar functionalities were clustered together in a network of gene cluster families (GCFs). A total of 16 GCFs were identified and classified per category (non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS). Ribosomally Synthesised and Post-translationally Modified Peptides (RiPPs). polyketide synthases (PKS) or hybrids between these groups) or placed in the “Other” category. BGCs that belonged to the same GCF are outlined in green. Six GCFs that were of interest in this study were numbered in the figure. The colour of the oval indicates whether the BGCs that were part of the GCF were significantly more present in the black soldier fly metagenome of larvae reared on chicken feed- (CF-LM. blue) or supermarket food waste- (SFW-LM) diet (red)"

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 1d

New publication: #Legume integration into #rice cropping systems buffers #topsoil functional potential against #microbialdiversity loss, by @eikokuramae.bsky.social and others. #croprotation #sustainableagriculture #subsoil
doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...

Figure 8 in Zhang et al. (2025): "Partial least squares path modeling for abundance of genes associated with C degradation and denitrification at the 0–20 cm and 40–60 cm depths. Red and blue arrows indicate positive and negative effects, respectively. The values on the arrows are the path coefficients for the inner model. ∗, ∗∗, and ∗∗∗ indicate significant effects at the 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 probability levels, respectively."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: Bio-organic #fertilizer amendment helps suppress #tomato bacterial #wiltdisease by improving aggregation and enhancing the pathogen inhibition capacity within micro-aggregates, by @eikokuramae.bsky.social and others. #fertilizeramendment #soilstructure
doi.org/10.1007/s003...

Figure 1 in Dong et al. (2025): "a) The disease incidences of fields amended with different fertilizers in previous cropping cycles and experimental design of field experiment. b) Experimental design of pot experiment. DI: disease incidence of tomato bacterial wilt disease. BF: bio-organic fertilizer, CF: chemical fertilizer"

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: Predicting #rhizosphere-competence-related catabolic gene clusters in plant-associated #bacteria with rhizoSMASH, by @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social and others. #microbiome #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Figure 1 in Li et al. (2025): "Development of rhizoSMASH"

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: Aligning global #mercury mitigation with climate action. #sustainability #mercurypollution
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Figure 1 in Li et al. (2025): "Proposed roadmap for aligning mercury (Hg) mitigation with climate action through the microbe-mediated Hg-microbe-GHG nexus. Modern Hg inputs (light red arrows) continuously deposit into ecosystems and convert to legacy Hg pools via aging (gray dashed arrow)."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: NRPS gene dynamics in the #wheat #rhizoplane show increased proportion of viscosin NRPS genes of importance for root colonization during drought. #rootmicrobiome #plantmicrobeinteractions
doi.org/10.1128/msph...

Figure 1 in Guan et al. (2025): "The effect of drought on plant growth before, during, and after drought. The shoot length (A), shoot fresh weight (B), and root dry weight (C) at different sampling times after sowing. Control: well-watered plants. Drought: drought stressed plants. (D) PCoA of Bray-Curtis dissimilarities of the bacterial community based on 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. (E) Shannon diversity. Each box plot represents data from five replicates. Each dot represents a sample point. Asterisks in (A–D) indicate a statistically significant difference between the two groups (drought and control), which was derived from the t-test: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001. The horizontal bars within boxes represent medians. The tops and bottoms of boxes represent the 75th and 25th percentiles, respectively. The upper and lower whiskers extend to data no more than 1.5 × the interquartile range from the upper edge and lower edge of the box, respectively."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: Independent evolution of atypical sperm morphology in a passerine bird, by @melissahrowe.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #passerinebird #spermmorphology
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Figure 1 in Rowe et al. (2025): "Scanning electron micrographs of sperm cells from Australian finches. (A) Sperm from the red-browed finch showing the sperm head (acrosome and nucleus), the midpiece, and the anterior portion of the flagellum (which clearly lacks an elongated midpiece). Sperm head morphology of (B) the red-browed finch, (C) lesser red-browed finch, (D) crimson finch, and (E) double-barred finch. Arrows indicate the junction between the acrosome and nucleus."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: Genetic variation in #leaf chemistry driven by #herbivory affects #phyllosphere fungal communities in an invasive plant.
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Figure 1 in Zhou et al. (2025): "Ophraella communa performance on the invasive plant Ambrosia artemisiifolia from nine populations and three regions with 0–9 and 17-year reassociation history with the specialist beetle O. communa (three reassociation groups) in a common garden experiment. (a) Weight of O. communa larvae, (b) pupae, (c) adults and (d) developmental duration of pre-adult stages on leaves of plants originating from A. artemisiifolia populations of the different reassociation groups. The P-value of ra (reassociation) represents the significance of time since reassociation (linear contrast among the three reassociation groups). In panel d, in addition to the linear contrast, two separate contrasts are indicated above the bars: 0 vs. >0 years reassociation (P < 0.001) and 9- vs. 17-year reassociation (P > 0.1). These contrasts are not shown for a–c where deviations from the linear contrast are very small. The error bars are ± SE (the same for the following figures). For each maternal line, 9–20 replicate bioassays were included and at least 100 beetles for each reassociation group, numbers in the bars represent replicates of beetles per reassociation group."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: Two deeply conserved non-coding sequences control PLETHORA1/2 expression and coordinate embryo and #root development. #geneexpression #noncodingDNA
doi.org/10.1016/j.xp...

Figure 7 in Kerstens et al. (2025): "PLT2 activates BOX1 and BOX2 through direct binding to PLT-binding sites."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 2d

New publication: Advancing #waterquality model intercomparisons under global change: perspectives from the new ISIMIP water quality sector. #sustainablewateruse #climatechange
doi.org/10.1088/3033...

Figure 1 in Strokal et al. (2025): "Water quality cross-sectoral linkages for selected water quality constituents. The figure does not aim to be exhaustive, but simply illustrates important cross-sectoral aspects of water quality identified by the large-scale water quality community. Sectors are defined according to the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP; www.isimip.org/). ISIMIP is comprised of multiple sectors that are topic-oriented: e.g. Agriculture, Fisheries (here ‘Fisheries and aquaculture’), Biodiversity, Energy, Lakes, Coastal systems (here ‘Sea’), Health (here ‘Human health’), Water Quality, and Groundwater. Rivers are included in the Water (Global) and Water (Regional) sectors of the ISIMIP platform. WQ-MIP is short for water quality model intercomparisons. Source: examples were collected by the large-scale water quality community during the workshops (SI table A.1 in appendix A)."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Benchmarking #soil multifunctionality. #soilhealth #soilfunctions

doi.org/10.5194/soil...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Linking Individual Performance to Density-Dependent Population Dynamics to Understand Temperature-Mediated Genotype #Coexistence. #climatechange #densitydependence
doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Figure 1 in Bruijning et al. (2025): "Conceptual overview of our experiments and modelling framework to study competitive interactions."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Non-uniform responses of small #fragilarioid taxa to #environmentalchanges in global #mountainlakes during the last century. #climatechange #climatewarming #anthropocene
doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Simulated bacterial infection induces different changes in #DNAmethylation between introduced and native #housesparrows, by @melissahrowe.bsky.social and others. #passerdomesticus #stressresponse #epigenetics
doi.org/10.1002/jav....

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Combined effects of CO2 and nitrogen on the #stoichiometry of toxin synthesis in a harmful #cyanobacterium. #climatechange #eutrophication
doi.org/10.1016/j.ha...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: #Microbiome-Mediated Resistance of Wild Tomato to the #InvasiveInsect Prodiplosis longifila, by
@vivianecordovez.bsky.social @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social
and others. #biodiversity #rhizosphere

Graphical abstract Sarango Flores et al. (2025).

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species. #agriculture #fungi #fungalniche #diversity #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

$Figure 1 in Vahter et al. (2025): "Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal biomass and richness are strongly connected, declining in tandem with intensive management. (a) Relationships between AM fungal richness and neutral lipid fatty acid (NLFA)-derived biomass estimate. (b) Relationships between site management intensity and AM fungal richness. (c) Relationships between site management intensity and AM fungal biomass estimate in the NLFA fraction. (d) Relationships between site management intensity and AM fungal biomass estimate in the phospholipid fatty acid fraction. Semipartial R2 values are given for each panel. In each panel, the black line indicates the trendline with a grey band showing the 95% confidence interval."$

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Host–#Microbiome Interactions as Moderators of Host Quality and #Biodiversity–#Disease Relationships, by @melissahrowe.bsky.social and others.
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Figure 1 in Rosamond et al. (2025): "Overview of the pathway proposed in this paper. Changes in the host microbiome can drive changes in host quality (arrow A), which in turn can impact biodiversity–disease relationships (arrow B); this pathway can be influenced by host-extrinsic (here, anthropogenic) factors (arrow C). (A) Changes to host microbiome composition can either increase or decrease any of the four components of host quality (parasite exposure, establishment, growth, and infectivity). These increases or decreases can be moderated, either directly or indirectly, by various host-associated factors (dashed box). (B) Changes in host quality can subsequently affect biodiversity–disease relationships in numerous hypothetical ways. A figure from Rohr et al. (2020) illustrates potential relationships between biodiversity and disease. (C) Extrinsic factors can influence host microbiomes, triggering cascading effects that ultimately influence biodiversity–disease relationships (i.e., via A and B). The structure and sequence of this pathway, depicted through boxes and arrows, are mirrored in the main sections of the accompanying text."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Scope for #waterfowl to speed up migration to a warming Arctic. #climatechange #avianmigration
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Figure 1 in Linssen et al. (2025): "Spring migrations and tracking data of five Arctic-breeding waterfowl species."

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 12d

New publication: Assignment of wintering #BarnacleGeese to breeding populations using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms. #brantaleucopsis #population #biodiversity
doi.org/10.1007/s103...

NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 13d

De 11e editie van de #Bodemdierendagen gaat van start. Van vrijdag 26 september tot en met woensdag 8 oktober is er weer volop aandacht voor het #bodemleven in het hele land. Lees verder over nieuwe dieren, gedichten en strijdende steden en doe zelf mee: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/nieuws/11...

11e editie Bodemdierendagen begint

Op de landelijke Bodemdierendagen zoeken duizenden burgerwetenschappers in hun eigen herfsttuin naar de Tiny Ten. Dat zijn de tien zichtbare ambassadeurs van het (belang)rijke bodemleven onder onze vo...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 15d

Ben je op zoek naar een afwisselende technische functie? Het Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO-KNAW) zoekt een nieuwe medewerker Technische Dienst. Lees verder en reageer uiterlijk 10 oktober op de #vacature: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures...

Medewerker Technische Dienst

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 15d

How can #biodiversity be safeguarded effectively in the long term? This is the core question of the 8th European Congress for #Conservation Biology (ECCB). The congress will be held in Leiden, from 6 until 10 July 2026. Read more about the event: nioo.knaw.nl/en/events/eu...

European Congress for Conservation Biology (ECCB)

How can biodiversity be safeguarded effectively in the long term? This is the core question of the 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology (ECCB). The congress will be held in Leiden, from 6 un...

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 19d

New publication: #Grassland degradation status modulates the relative contribution of soil #nematode diversity and community structure to #ecosystemfunctioning under #nitrogen #fertilization and #irrigation management.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Figure 2 in Chen et al. (2025): "Co-occurrence networks of relationships among soil nematode genera under (a and b) control and irrigation treatment (i.e., across degradation levels and nitrogen fertilization treatments, n = 30), and (c and d) control and nitrogen fertilization (i.e., across degradation levels and irrigation treatments, n = 30), and (e–g) in the lightly degraded, moderately degraded and severely degraded grasslands (i.e., across irrigation treatments and nitrogen fertilization treatments, n = 20). Nodes represent different nematode genera, and red, yellow, green and blue nodes represent bacterivores, fungivores, plant parasites and omnivores-predators, respectively. Red lines represent positive correlations between genera, while blue lines represent the negative correlations, and the thickness of the connecting line represents the strength of the correlation effect. Node size is positively correlated with node degree."

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