Microbial conversation for the health of ecosystems
Aims of the WP4 are to understand the drivers shaping plant rhizosphere and endosphere microbiomes, the consequences of human activities at both local and global scales for the plant and soil microbiomes, and how this affects health, resistance and resilience of plant communities and the entire ecosystems. Further, efforts are to be invested into understanding which microbes participate in recycling of complex organic (macro)molecules and toxins being produced by plants or other microbes, or those originating from human activities. The ultimate goal is to improve our understanding of ecosystem functioning and to use such knowledge to refine predictions on the possible outcomes of global changes for plant and microbial invasions and ecosystem stability, and to propose new ways to remediate polluted environments.
Leader
- Petr Kohout
Team
- Petr Baldrian
- Valeriia Belova
- Petra Bukovská
- Stephanie Campeggi
- Anna Davidová
- Tomáš Engl
- Jan Jansa
- Martina Jeřábková
- Petr Kohout
- Caroline Krug Vieira
- Barbora Křístková
- Anna Manová
- Ludmila Martínková
- Andrea Moravcová
- Anna Nekolová
- Matheus Nicoletti Marascalchi
- Jakub Papík
- Ana Catalina Lara Rodriguez
- Jakub Skřivánek
- Michal Strejček
- Eliška Suchopárová
- Tereza Šmrhová
- Jáchym Šuman
- Manuela Tadrosová
- Ondřej Uhlík
- Tomáš Větrovský
- Andrea Zubrov