M. Thakur

Biosurfactants direct the evolutionary dynamics of surface-associated microbial systems

Surface-associated microbial systems experience spatial constraints that can intensify stochastic lineage loss through genetic drift and alter how natural selection acts on competing lineages. A key feature of these systems is that steep resource gradients typically confine growth to a narrow band of cells located at t...

Extreme drought disrupts the bottom-up regulation of ground-dwelling invertebrate diversity under climate warming

Resource acquisition is more sensitive than carbon storage in soil microorganisms under climate extremes

Drought and warming can disrupt soil microbial processes and ecosystem functioning. Although soil microorganisms can exhibit physiological adjustments to drought, it remains unclear how they allocate resources between extracellular resource acquisition, potential oxidative metabolism, and carbon storage during drought...