About blue cheese on BlueSky: We recently worked with a client managing four different fields. One of them stood out. It showed significantly lower bacterial and fungal diversity compared to the others. We started digging into the data.
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🌱 This is the official Soilytix company account, managed by our team members—from lab scientists 🧑🔬 to soil scientists 🌍—sharing exciting discoveries 🔬 with a focus on soil and eDNA 🧬.
Want to boost your agricultural field trials? Even within an acre, soil texture is not homogenous but has significant spatial structure. Costly field trials can suffer from reduced statistical power when this is not accounted for. Measure soil texture and include it as a covariate in your model.
🌿🦠 New study shows wild Arabidopsis thaliana in diverse plant communities have richer microbiomes & less diseases. But these links shift with season & land use, highlighting how human impact reshapes host-microbe-pathogen interactions. #MicrobeMonday
bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · last yr.Seasonality, land use, and diversity shape microbiome-pathogen interactions in wild populations of Arabidopsis thaliana https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.29.662221v1
🌱 Talk Dirt(y) to Me: Why Soil Health Matters I’m kicking off Pint of Science Hamburg 2025 on May 21 with a talk about why soil health is key to our future. Come for the science, stay for the beer, and leave with a new appreciation for dirt! 🍻
The good, the bad and the ugly: how soil and microplastics influence our world
Ready for a night of science, drinks, and eye-opening talks? Join us at the Baby Goat for a fascinating evening with Dr. Franziska Böwer as she digs into w...
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🧬 Today is DNA Day! With metabarcoding, we extract and sequence DNA from soil to identify bacteria, fungi, and more. It helps us understand soil health, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. DNA is our window into the hidden life underground. #DNAday #SoilMicrobiome #Metabarcoding #SoilHealth
Soil biodiversity sustains nutrient cycling, carbon storage, and disease regulation. 🌱🌍 It is vital for food security, climate resilience, and even heritage preservation but is increasingly threatened. Understanding its role is key for ecosystem services and One Health. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · last yr.Soil #biodiversity is critical for the health of humans, animals & the environment. However, global change threatens our soil ecosystems. This Essay discusses the importance of soil biodiversity in the face of global stressors & the major knowledge gaps precluding its conservation🧪 ▶️ plos.io/4hSbLUa
#Soil microbiome signatures predict maize yield - and beyond. 🌱🧬 A recent study by us demonstrates that within-field differences in maize yield on a German farm can be well predicted using machine learning models trained on soil microbiome data. (1/2)
Great work by @joellanos.bsky.social and team! This study highlights the power of eDNA in tracking soil biodiversity - especially earthworms, the unsung heroes of healthy soils. A step forward for precision monitoring in regenerative agriculture! 🌍🪱🔬 #SustainableFarming #SoilScience
Helen Hipperson@hhippers.bsky.social · last yr.Great to see @joellanos.bsky.social and Penny Watt's paper out this month highlighting the use of soil eDNA for monitoring earthworms. 🪱🧬 Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...