Towards personalized and lifestyle-inspired soil management: lessons from the gut microbiome
Abstract Soil microorganisms are key drivers of ecosystem functions supporting biodiversity, food production, and climate regulation. Restoring multiple ecosystem functions under intensive land-use and climate change requires steering microbiome composition. However, this remains challenging due to the high complexity of soils and the assembly rules of their microbiomes. As the extensively studied human gut microbiome has considerable similarities with the soil microbiome, we explore advances in steering the human gut microbiome composition to improve the steering of soil microbiomes.
Authors
- Justine D.M. Lejoly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9920-9378)
- Abraham L. van Eijnatten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0663-8951)
- Basten L. Snoek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5321-2996)
- Wim H. van der Putten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9341-4442)
- Elly Morriën (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6490-2260)
- G. F. Veen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-9998)
- Paul L. E. Bodelier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-5572)
- Luís Felipe Guandalin Zagatto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9984-9044)
- Merlijn Schram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7396-9896)
- giulia vultaggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8012-3681)
- David Cajas Muñoz
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NL)
- Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Soil Ecology
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44485-026-00006-x
- Primary Topic
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek