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February 9, 2026Environmental Microbiome0 citationsOpen Access

Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Microbial Specialization and Network Stability

Plant diversity induces shifts from microbial generalists to specialist by enhancing niche differentiation, microbiome connectivity, and network stability in a temperate grassland

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JFJessica FinckMax Planck Institute for BiogeochemistrySCSomak ChowdhuryNational Centre for Cell ScienceRGRobert I. GriffithsBangor University

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Examines how plant diversity shapes soil microbial communities, influencing ecosystem functioning and resilience.

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  • Investigating the impact of plant species richness and identity on soil microbiome structure and function.
  • Utilized soil from a long-term biodiversity experiment in Germany.
  • Assessed variations in plant species richness and functional group richness.
  • Employed 16S rRNA gene and ITS amplicon sequencing to analyze microbial community structure.
  • Examined microbial network architecture and metabolic potential.
  • Plant diversity led to shifts from generalist to specialist microbial taxa.
  • Increased soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks were observed.
  • Enhanced connectivity in microbial networks, particularly between bacteria and fungi.
  • Functional guild representation displayed a rise in both beneficial and detrimental groups.
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Finck et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69897a86f0ec2af6756e8b6fhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-026-00857-z
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