Soil protists

Stefan Geisen; Nathalie Amacker; Alexandre Jousset

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00075-6

Soil protists

Stefan Geisen, Nathalie Amacker, Alexandre Jousset

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Protists are the most abundant and diverse eukaryotes that inhabit virtually all soils. They are active players in soil food webs as phototrophic algae, plant and animal parasites, and microbiome predators. As predators, protists lead to modification of their prey community composition typically promoting functions linked to (plant-)pathogen suppression. The diverse functional roles of protists are further connected to cycling of carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients such as phosphorous and silicon. Thanks to their link to plant growth and their dynamic response to environmental changes, soil protists are further suggested as bioindicators of soil and plant health.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, Second Edition
Subtitle of host publication	Volume 1-5
Editors	M.J. Goss, M. Oliver
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	V1-39-V1-48
Volume	1
Edition	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128229743
ISBN (Print)	9780323951333
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00075-6
Publication status	Published - 14 Aug 2023

Keywords

Agriculture
Bioindicators
Ecology
Eukaryotes
Microbes
Microbial loop
Protist
Protozoa
Soil
Terrestrial

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