Research Summary
Soil microbial responses to anthropogenic disturbance and of microbes’ roles in mitigating disturbance effects; nitrogen transformations in agricultural and urban soils; microbe-mineral-plant interactions and biological crusts that form and stabilize soils in acid mine drainage impacted areas; and carbon and nitrogen fixation by bacterial communities in soil crusts and in bedrock-regolith interface zones.
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Recent Publications
Hydrocarbon substrate richness impacts microbial abundance, microbiome composition, and hydrocarbon loss
Bell, T. H., Camillone, N., Abram, K., Bruns, M. V., Yergeau, E. & St-Arnaud, M., Sep 2021, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 165, 104015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sorghum root flavonoid chemistry, cultivar, and frost stress effects on rhizosphere bacteria and fungi
Cloutier, M., Chatterjee, D., Elango, D., Cui, J., Bruns, M. V. & Chopra, S., 2021, In: Phytobiomes Journal. 5, 1, p. 39-50 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Recovery of waste nutrients by duckweed for reuse in sustainable agriculture: Second-year results of a field pilot study with sorghum
Fernandez Pulido, C. R., Caballero, J., Bruns, M. A. & Brennan, R. A., Oct 1 2021, In: Ecological Engineering. 168, 106273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Metatranscriptomic sequencing of a cyanobacterial soil-surface consortium with and without a diverse underlying soil microbiome
Bell, T. H., Trexler, R. V., Peng, X., Huntemann, M., Clum, A., Foster, B., Foster, B., Roux, S., Palaniappan, K., Varghese, N., Mukherjee, S., Reddy, T. B. K., Daum, C., Copeland, A., Ivanova, N. N., Kyrpides, N. C., Pennacchio, C., Eloe-Fadrosh, E. A. & Bruns, M. A., Jan 2 2020, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9, 1, e01361-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fungal community shifts in soils with varied cover crop treatments and edaphic properties
Cloutier, M. L., Murrell, E., Barbercheck, M., Kaye, J., Finney, D., García-González, I. & Bruns, M. A., Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific reports. 10, 1, 6198.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Manipulating Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes: Challenges and Opportunities
Bell, T. H., Hockett, K., Alcalá-Briseño, R. I., Barbercheck, M., Beattie, G. A., Bruns, M. A., Carlson, J., Chung, T., Collins, A., Emmett, B., Esker, P., Garrett, K., Glenna, L., Gugino, B. K., Jimenez Gasco, M. D. M., Kinkel, L., Kovac, J., Kowalski, K., Kuldau, G., Leveau, J. & 10 others, , Mar 13 2019, In: Phytobiomes Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Innovative Technologies Can Improve Understanding of Microbial Nitrogen Dynamics in Agricultural Soils
Cloutier, M. L., Bhowmik, A., Bell, T. H. & Bruns, M. A., 2019, In: Agricultural and Environmental Letters. 4, 1, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Duckweed as an agricultural amendment: Nitrogen mineralization, leaching, and sorghum uptake
Kreider, A. N., Fernandez Pulido, C. R., Bruns, M. A. & Brennan, R. A., Mar 1 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 48, 2, p. 469-475 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cyanobacterial soil surface consortia mediate N cycle processes in agroecosystems
Peng, X. & Bruns, M. A., Jan 4 2019, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 6, JAN, 156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Development of a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterial consortium for surface stabilization of agricultural soils
Peng, X. & Bruns, M. A., Apr 15 2019, In: Journal of Applied Phycology. 31, 2, p. 1047-1056 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review