Thilo Eickhorst

TL;DR: The pyrosequencing of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of more than 600 Arabidopsis thaliana plants is reported to test the hypotheses that the root rhizosphere and endophytic compartment microbiota of plants grown under controlled conditions in natural soils are sufficiently dependent on the host to remain consistent across different soil types and developmental stages.

TL;DR: Methodology is described to characterize and compare soil- and root-inhabiting bacterial communities, which reveals not only a function for metabolically active plant cells but also for inert cell-wall features in the selection of soil bacteria for host colonization.

TL;DR: The objective of the present article is to review progress achieved to date in the significant research program that has ensued, namely the quantification and modeling of the physical-, (bio)chemical-, and microbiological properties of soils, and the integration of these different perspectives into a unified theory.

TL;DR: The results show that both cell permeabilization and TSA are two important factors which improve in situ hybridization of soil microorganisms.

TL;DR: In this paper, a micro-focus X-ray tube computerized tomography (μCT) was used to generate images of the internal structure of the soil with a resolution down to 1μm, while creating a visual image of the spatial distribution of water in undisturbed soils.