Giuseppina Vizzari

1 month ago | biorxiv.org | Jacob Hopkins |Alison Bennett |Antonino Malacrinò |Giuseppina Vizzari

AbstractFire is a globally pervasive force reshaping ecosystems, yet its influence on the ecological processes structuring soil microbiomes remains poorly understood. Using a meta-analysis of >2,600 amplicon sequencing samples across 19 global studies, we tested whether fire alters soil microbiome assembly processes, diversity, and ecological selection for pyrophilic specialists.