Stimulation of Plant Growth through Interactions of Bacteria and Protozoa: Testing the Auxiliary Microbial Loop Hypothesis

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Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with (2017, unknown): “Protist predation also stimulates microbial activity and nutrient cycling via the microbial loop, thus stimulating plant growth (Bonkowski and Clarholm, 2012) and representing an important link between aboveground and belowground components.”
Distribution patterns of soil microbial eukaryotes suggests widespread algivory by phagotrophic protists as an alternative pathway for nutrient cycling (2017, background): “…only) recognised functional role of soil protists was grazers of bacteria leading to the ”soil microbial loop” paradigm, according to which phagotrophic grazing on soil bacteria releases labile compounds such as ammonium that stimulate plant growth (Bonkowski and Clarholm, 2012; Clarholm, 1985).”
Microbial diversity and ecological networks as indicators of environmental quality (2017, background): “In terrestrial microbial ecosystems, the most thoroughly investigated and well-known antagonistic interactions concern the predation of bacteria and fungi by amoebas and nematodes (Gilbert et al. 1998; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Bonkowski and Clarholm 2012).”