Petr Baldrian

Biodiversity hotspots of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are located in other parts of the world: at low and high latitudes. And these important symbiotic partners of crops and trees deserve more protection! See nature.com/articles/s4158… and @globalfungi.

The GlobalFungi team is happy to announce that data downloads are now available from GlobalFungi (globalfungi.com). No matter if you are interested in fungal genera, species or species hypotheses, you can now get their sequence counts in all samples at once.

Little time is left until the abstract submission deadline for the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms conference. I hope that you enjoy with us the white nights in Helsiniki on June 15-19. See more here: lyyti.fi/p/Ecology_of_S…

🌳Happy to see our work published in @GlobalChangeBio! This study uncovers how long-term nutrient addition impacts soil carbon accumulation in boreal forests (see below). A big thanks to @baldrianp and the @holisoils team for their contributions! 👉doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17… 1/2

Dispersal at short distances is more complicated for plants than for microbes. Although plant communities vary with distance travelled, they are not "strong enough" to modify the microbiome, especially bacteria. Chemistry matters more for microbes. frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

We are hiring a postdoc who will study bacterial biogeography from local to global scale. If you want to join our group in the Institute of Microbiology, Prague and explore with us this topic, look here: mbucas.cz/wp-content/upl…

The path towards sequencing of all eukaryotic genomes of Europe, the goal of @erga_biodiv will be still long - in particular for fungi - but the first step was already made... nature.com/articles/s4418…

Looking for the best conference choice next year? Check this: lyyti.fi/p/Ecology_of_S…!

DNA-based metabarcoding discovers threatened fungal species even there where they can be missed in fruitbody surveys. Some fungi, though, may escape metabarcoding since deadwood sampling to get eDNA can not be complete. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thematic issue with the papers originating at our 2022 conference in Prague is now online. Check more here: academic.oup.com/femsec/pages/t…!

We are looking for new PhD students and postdocs! We are opening positions in: Fungal biogeography: kohoutlab.com/wp-content/upl… Mycorrhizal fungal biogeography: kohoutlab.com/wp-content/upl… Post-fire microbial ecology: kohoutlab.com/wp-content/upl… Join us in Prague!

Fungi and bacteria on the roots of grassland plants are affected by the species identity of neighbouring plants (of course in addition to the soil chemistry and the host plant itself). What is the importance of microbiome sharing in grassland soils? …ronmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

GlobalFungi Release 5 is online! Our team and collaborators added 27788 samples (blue points on map) from 331 new papers. Especially the coverage of Africa increased greatly (+200%). Search for fungal genera, species or UNITE 9 species hypotheses at globalfungi.com

Looking for a postdoc for a position in Microbial ecology and biogeography, to work in an inspiring and friendly environment of an international team of the Institute of Microbiology in Prague mbucas.cz/wp-content/upl… The starting date is negotiable expected before March 31, 2024

Our #OpenAccess Editors Choice for November: "Seasonal dynamics of soil microbial growth, respiration, biomass, and carbon use efficiency in temperate soils" by @JoergSchnecker, @baldasztil, @simon_evas, @urbina_malo, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern, & @andreasarichter. [1/2]

GlobalAMFungi: a global database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal occurrences from high‐throughput sequencing metabarcoding studies - the final paper is online! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Media & #forestry professionals in Slovakia 🇸🇰 got to know more about #HoliSoils! Read how the progress of this project was presented to Slovakian stakeholders from the #forest sector in a workshop & field visit organised on 12 October ⬇️ holisoils.eu/slovak-media-a…

Postdoc position available! We seek a motivated postdoc to join the @HoliSoils (holisoils.eu) and @globalfungi teams in Prague. The person will study the response of soil microbiome to forest management, disturbance and global change. More: mbucas.cz/wp-content/upl…

Drivers of soil fungal community composition change with scale: vegetation is important at small distances, environmental factors prevail at regional scales. Yeast communities show remarkable spatial homogeneity across spaces with several omnipresent taxa. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

How much do we know about functioning of microbiomes? So far, at least half of large global protein families were unknown. Collaborative sampling of environmment and use of metagenomic data help to identify new proteins including their 3D structures. nature.com/articles/s4158…