Protozoa and plant growth: the microbial loop in soil revisited.

By M. Bonkowski. New Phytologist, 2004

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Modelling the rhizosphere: a review of methods for ‘upscaling’ to the whole‐plant scale (2006, background): “, 2003) and soil animals (Bonkowski, 2004), which can markedly change root morphology indirectly or directly via phytohormones.”
Microbial co-operation in the rhizosphere. (2005, background): “that micro-fauna affect plant growth and above-ground food webs (Bonkowski, 2004; Scheu et al., 2005), this”
Rice yield and its relation to root growth and nutrient-use efficiency under SRI and conventional cultivation: an evaluation in Madagascar (2011, background): “This pool can be expanded through biological processes such as microbial N2-fixation and/or nitrogen cycling by soil organisms, e.g., protozoa and nematodes (Bonkowski 2004).”
The Role of Soil Microorganisms in Plant Mineral Nutrition—Current Knowledge and Future Directions (2017, background): “The contents of these microbial cells are subsequently released, either through turnover and cell lysis, or via protozoic predation (Bonkowski, 2004; Richardson et al., 2009).”
Geomicrobiology of Eukaryotic Microorganisms (2010, background): “Bonkowski (2004) considers the effects of soil protozoa on plant growth in the context of a microbial loop, with the grazing of rhizosphere bacteria as a link to root development and hence root architecture.”
Stoichiometry constrains microbial response to root exudation- insights from a model and a field experiment in a temperate forest (2012, background): “Predators of rhizosphere microbes, particularly protozoa, can influence C and N cycling in the rhizosphere with concomitant effects on root-N availability (Griffiths, 1990; Zwart et al., 1994; Bonkowski, 2004; Cardon and Gage, 2006).”
Linking bacterial and eukaryotic microbiota to litter chemistry: Combining next generation sequencing with 13C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy (2019, background): “Protists play a crucial role in soil, affecting plant growth and architecture, as well as the carbon and nitrogen cycles (Bonkowski, 2004).”
Small but active – pool size does not matter for carbon incorporation in below‐ground food webs (2016, background): “Further, predation by the rhizosphere fauna likely contributed to the fast turnover of C in rhizosphere micro-organisms (Griffiths 1994; Bonkowski 2004).”
Methods for evaluating human impact on soil microorganisms based on their activity, biomass, and diversity in agricultural soils (2006, background): “This specificity is especially important in analyzing multitrophic interactions between plants, soil microorganisms, and soil fauna (Bonkowski, 2004).”