Opinion piece: To effectively conserve #ecosystems, we must also conserve #microbes. This plan supports traditional #conservation goals while offering adaptations to conserve #microorganisms themselves. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#biodiversity

🐜+🥛 = yogurt 😲 “If the nomads want to make yogurt and cannot find enough starter culture [...] they crush the tiny eggs of the ants sheltering under the stones in their palms. When you put this into the milk that was decided to be made into yogurt that milk becomes yogurt.” doi.org/10.1177/0278...

Opinion piece: Any effective #conservation plan must include the conservation of #microbes. Here’s a plan that supports traditional conservation goals and outlines adaptations to conserve #microorganisms themselves. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“Nature conservation is not working unless it protects entire ecosystems with all their interacting members—big and small”

Fantastic opinion piece on advancing nature conservation to the next level by applying existing microorganism strategies to microbes.

It’s always a great idea to work with Nico @reassemblynet.bsky.social and @bexplo.bsky.social. I highly recommend applying.

Charles Cockell said that “without lions there is life, but without microorganisms there can be no higher life forms” …

Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services | PNAS

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Microbial conservation is essential for sustaining ecosystem functions and services! We propose a conceptual framework and a roadmap for microbial conservation: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thanks so much to @voltcenter.bsky.social, @riikkarinnan.bsky.social and everyone involved in organizing the PhD course on BVOCs and the Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems. Great to be part of the discussions in Copenhagen! 🇩🇰

@unimarburg.bsky.social’s Robert Junker is now telling us about the difference between #chemodiversity and #functional #diversity with his talk ‘(Novel) statistics in chemical ecology: chemodiversity and RandomForest’ 🍃 💨

Yes, works well 😉

I am also happy with our BMG.

#PlantScience, plants on a crane: we just started the 2nd chemotypic plasticity & diversity experiment within @chemodiversity.bsky.social with Solanum dulcemara testing drought stress & herbivory with @nmvandam.bsky.social, @rrjunker.bsky.social, @sunsicker.bsky.social, @chemecolcm.bsky.social

📃BE-study shows that the #plant #microbiome plays a crucial role in species persistence & #ecosystem stability! 🌱🦠 Lab experiments reveal that microbiomes from different land-use intensities shape distinct plant traits, highlighting their adaptive potential.
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Our new paper in The ISME Journal @ismeoffice.bsky.social :

🌱 Rapid natural modulation of the plant microbiome enhances plant tolerance to global change.
🦠 A prerequisite for this effect is a high local diversity of microorganisms.
🏞️ Microbial conservation is essential.

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too much stochasticity?

#weekendreading🔬

Tolerance to land-use changes through natural modulations of the plant microbiome🌱

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#microsky

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Tolerance to land-use changes through natural modulations of the plant microbiome

-in #ISMEJournal from Robert Junker at @unimarburg.bsky.social

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Excited to join the 7th International Ecosummit in Zhengzhou, China. I am looking forward to meeting some great colleagues from China and other countries!

Enjoy the atmosphere!