Dr Robert Griffiths
Professor in Environmental Microbiology
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Rob Griffiths is an environmental microbiologist whose research focuses on understanding the "natural" and human associated drivers of microbial biodiversity, and understanding the role of microbiomes in environmental health. He uses molecular, biogeochemical and data-driven approaches to uncover fundamental ecological processes operating on microbial communities and impacting functional outcomes.
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13CO2 pulse labelling of plants in tandem with stable isotope probing: methodological considerations for examining microbial function in the rhizosphere
Griffiths, R. I., Manefield, M., Ostle, N., McNamara, N., O'Donnell, A. G., Bailey, M. J. & Whiteley, A. S., Jul 2004, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 58, 1, p. 119-129 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A method of establishing a transect for biodiversity and ecosystem function monitoring across Europe: Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions across Europe: A transect covering variations in bio-geographical zones, land use and soil properties
Stone, D., Blomkvist, P., Hendriksen, N. B., Bonkowski, M., Jørgensen, H. B., Carvalho, F., Dunbar, M. B., Gardi, C., Geisen, S., Griffiths, R., Hug, A. S., Jensen, J., Laudon, H., Mendes, S., Morais, P. V., Orgiazzi, A., Plassart, P., Römbke, J., Rutgers, M., Schmelz, R. M., Sousa, J. P., Steenbergen, E., Suhadolc, M., Winding, A., Zupan, M., Lemanceau, P. & Creamer, R. E., Jan 2016, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 97, p. 3-11 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of the microbial functional diversity within water-stressed soil communities by flow cytometric analysis and CTC+ cell sorting
Whiteley, A. S., Griffiths, R. I. & Bailey, M. J., Aug 2003, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 54, 2, p. 257-267 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aspects of microbial communities in peatland carbon cycling under changing climate and land use pressures
Robinson, C., Ritson, J., Alderson, D., Malik, A. A., Griffiths, R. I., Heinemeyer, A., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Quillet, A., Robroek, B. J. M., Evans, C., Chandler, D. M., Elliott, D. R., Shuttleworth, E., Lilleskov, E. A., Kitson, E., Cox, F., Worrall, F., Clay, G., Crosher, I., Pratscher, J., Bird, J., Walker, J., Belyea, L. R., Dumont, M. G., Bell, N. G. A., Artz, R. R. E., Bardgett, R., Andersen, R., Hutchinson, S. M., Page, S. E., Thom, T. J., Burn, W. & Evans, M. G., 2 Feb 2023, In: Mires and Peat. 29, 36 p., 02.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bacterial Physiological Adaptations to Contrasting Edaphic Conditions Identified Using Landscape Scale Metagenomics
A., M. A., C., T. B., S., W. A., Mark, B. & I., G. R., 5 Jul 2017, In: mBio. 8, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond Taxonomic Identification: Integration of Ecological Responses to a Soil Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene Database
Jones, B., Goodall, T., George, P. B. L., Gweon, H. S., Puissant, J., Read, D. S., Emmett, B., Robinson, D. A., Jones, D. L. & Griffiths, R. I., 19 Jul 2021, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 682886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils
Smith, P., Cotrufo, M. F., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P. J., Elliott, J. A., McDowell, R., Griffiths, R. I., Asakawa, S., Bustamante, M., House, J. I., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P. C., Gerber, J. S., Clark, J. M., Adhya, T., Scholes, R. J. & Scholes, M. C., 19 Nov 2015, In: SOIL. 1, 2, p. 665-685 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Catchment-scale biogeography of riverine bacterioplankton
Read, D. S., Gweon, H. S., Bowes, M. J., Newbold, L. K., Field, D., Bailey, M. J. & Griffiths, R. I., Feb 2015, In: The ISME Journal. 9, 2, p. 516-526 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate change alters temporal dynamics of alpine soil microbial functioning and biogeochemical cycling via earlier snowmelt
Broadbent, A. A. D., Snell, H. S. K., Michas, A., Pritchard, W. J., Newbold, L., Cordero, I., Goodall, T., Schallhart, N., Kaufmann, R., Griffiths, R. I., Schloter, M., Bahn, M. & Bardgett, R. D., Aug 2021, In: The ISME Journal. 15, 8, p. 2264-2275 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate change disrupts the seasonal coupling of plant and soil microbial nutrient cycling in an alpine ecosystem
Broadbent, A. A. D., Newbold, L. K., Pritchard, W. J., Michas, A., Goodall, T., Cordero, I., Giunta, A., Snell, H. S. K., Pepper, V. V. L. H., Grant, H. K., Soto, D. X., Kaufmann, R., Schloter, M., Griffiths, R. I., Bahn, M. & Bardgett, R. D., 30 Mar 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 3, p. e17245Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Closely related protist strains have different grazing impacts on natural bacterial communities
Glücksman, E., Bell, T., Griffiths, R. I. & Bass, D., 3 Dec 2010, In: Environmental Microbiology. 12, 12, p. 3105-3113 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-located ecological data for exploring top- and subsoil carbon dynamics across grassland-woodland contrasts
Reinsch, S., Lebron, I., Brentegani, M., Brooks, M., Busi, S. B., Cagnarini, C., Cooper, D., Day, J., Emmett, B. A., Fitos, E., Goodall, T., Griffiths, R. I., Jones, B., Keenan, P., Keith, A., Lopes-Mazzetto, J. M., Mason, K. E., Pallett, D., Pereira, M. G., Pinder, A., Robinson, D. A., Smart, S. M., Thomas, A., Benham, S., Vanguelova, E. & Cosby, B. J., 9 May 2024, In: Scientific data. 11, 1, p. 478 478.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical forests and oil palm plantations on mineral soil
Drewer, J., Leduning, M. M., Griffiths, R. I., Goodall, T., Levy, P. E., Cowan, N., Comynn-Platt, E., Hayman, G., Sentian, J., Majalap, N. & Skiba, U. M., 4 Mar 2021, In: Biogeosciences. 18, 5, p. 1559-1575 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils
Ramirez, K. S., Knight, C. G., Hollander, M., Brearley, F. Q., Constantinides, B., Cotton, T. E. A., Creer, S., Crowther, T. W., Davison, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Dorrepaal, E., Elliott, D. R., Fox, G., Griffiths, R., Hale, C., Hartman, K., Houlden, A., Jones, D., Krab, E. J., Maestre, F. T., McGuire, K. L., Monteux, S., Orr, C. H., van der Putten, W. H., Roberts, I. S., Robinson, D., Rocca, J., Rowntree, J., Schlaeppi, K., Shepherd, M., Singh, B. K., Straathof, A., Talbot, J. M., Thion, C., van der Heijden, M. & de Vries, F. T., 2018, In: Nature Microbiology. 3, p. 189-196 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differences in soil micro-eukaryotic communities over soil pH gradients are strongly driven by parasites and saprotrophs
Dupont, A. Ö. C., Griffiths, R. I., Bell, T. & Bass, D., 15 Jan 2016, In: Environmental Microbiology. 18, 6, p. 2010-2024 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Divergent national-scale trends of microbial and animal biodiversity revealed across diverse temperate soil ecosystems
George, P., Lallias, D., Creer, S., Seaton, F., Kenny, J. G., Eccles, R. M., Griffiths, R., Lebron, I., Emmett, B., Robinson, D. & Jones, D. L., 7 Mar 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, p. 1107 1107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecological consequences of ingestion of Bacillus cereus on Bacillus thuringiensis infections and on the gut flora of a lepidopteran host
Raymond, B., Lijek, R. S., Griffiths, R. I. & Bonsall, M. B., Sept 2008, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 99, 1, p. 103-111 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecological network analysis reveals the inter-connection between soil biodiversity and ecosystem function as affected by land use across Europe: Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions across Europe: A transect covering variations in bio-geographical zones, land use and soil properties
Creamer, R. E., Hannula, S. E., Leeuwen, J. P. V., Stone, D., Rutgers, M., Schmelz, R. M., Ruiter, P. C. D., Hendriksen, N. B., Bolger, T., Bouffaud, M. L., Buee, M., Carvalho, F., Costa, D., Dirilgen, T., Francisco, R., Griffiths, B. S., Griffiths, R., Martin, F., Silva, P. M. D., Mendes, S., Morais, P. V., Pereira, C., Philippot, L., Plassart, P., Redecker, D., Römbke, J., Sousa, J. P., Wouterse, M. & Lemanceau, P., Jan 2016, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 97, p. 112-124 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of acidity on dissolved organic carbon in organic soil extracts, pore water and surface litters
Pschenyckyj, C. M., Clark, J. M., Shaw, L. J., Griffiths, R. I. & Evans, C. D., 10 Feb 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 703, p. 135585Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of sieving, drying and rewetting upon soil bacterial community structure and respiration rates
Thomson, B. C., Ostle, N. J., McNamara, N. P., Whiteley, A. S. & Griffiths, R. I., Oct 2010, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 83, 1, p. 69-73 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Environmental and microbial controls on microbial necromass recycling, an important precursor for soil carbon stabilization
Buckeridge, K. M., Mason, K. E., McNamara, N. P., Ostle, N., Puissant, J., Goodall, T., Griffiths, R. I., Stott, A. W. & Whitaker, J., 22 Oct 2020, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 1, 1, 36.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of the ISO Standard 11063 DNA Extraction Procedure for Assessing Soil Microbial Abundance and Community Structure
Plassart, P., Terrat, S., Thomson, B., Griffiths, R., Dequiedt, S., Lelievre, M., Regnier, T., Nowak, V., Mark, B., Lemanceau, P., Bispo, A., Chabbi, A., Maron, P.-A., Mougel, C. & Ranjard, L., 11 Sept 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 9, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolution of diversity explains the impact of pre-adaptation of a focal species on the structure of a natural microbial community
Padfield, D., Vujakovic, A., Paterson, S., Griffiths, R., Buckling, A. & Hesse, E., 3 Sept 2020, In: The ISME Journal. 14, 11, p. 2877-2889 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Field scale molecular analysis for the monitoring of bacterial community structures during on-site diesel bioremediation
Ciric, L., Griffiths, R. I., Philp, J. C. & Whiteley, A. S., Jul 2010, In: Bioresource technology . 101, 14, p. 5235-5241 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Functional and compositional comparison of two activated sludge communities remediating coking effluent
Manefield, M., Griffiths, R. I., Leigh, M. B., Fisher, R. & Whiteley, A. S., 25 Feb 2005, In: Environmental Microbiology. 7, 5, p. 715-722 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global change pressures on soils from land use and management
Smith, P., House, J. I., Bustamante, M., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P. C., Clark, J. M., Adhya, T., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P., Cotrufo, M. F., Elliott, J. A., McDowell, R., Griffiths, R. I., Asakawa, S., Bondeau, A., Jain, A. K., Meersmans, J. & Pugh, T. A. M., Mar 2016, In: Global Change Biology. 22, 3, p. 1008-1028 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Grassland biodiversity restoration increases resistance of carbon fluxes to drought
Cole, A. J., Griffiths, R. I., Ward, S. E., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J. & Bardgett, R. D., 19 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 56, 7, p. 1806-1816 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Harnessing rhizosphere microbiomes for drought-resilient crop production
Vries, F. T. D., Griffiths, R. I., Knight, C. G., Nicolitch, O. & Williams, A., 17 Apr 2020, In: Science. 368, 6488, p. 270-274 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Influence of depth and sampling time on bacterial community structure in an upland grassland soil
Griffiths, R. I., Whiteley, A. S., O'Donnell, A. G. & Bailey, M. J., Feb 2003, In: Fems Microbiology Ecology. 43, 1, p. 35-43 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insights into the fate of a 13C labelled phenol pulse for stable isotope probing (SIP) experiments
Manefield, M., Griffiths, R., McNamara, N. P., Sleep, D., Ostle, N. & Whiteley, A., May 2007, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 69, 2, p. 340-344 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Land management shapes drought responses of dominant soil microbial taxa across grasslands
Lavallee, J. M., Chomel, M., Alvarez Segura, N., de Castro, F., Goodall, T., Magilton, M., Rhymes, J. M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Griffiths, R. I., Baggs, E. M., Caruso, T., de Vries, F. T., Emmerson, M., Johnson, D. & Bardgett, R. D., 2 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, p. 29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes
Malik, A. A., Puissant, J., Buckeridge, K. M., Goodall, T., Jehmlich, N., Chowdhury, S., Gweon, H. S., Peyton, J. M., Mason, K. E., van Agtmaal, M., Blaud, A., Clark, I. M., Whitaker, J., Pywell, R. F., Ostle, N., Gleixner, G. & Griffiths, R. I., 4 Sept 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1, 3591.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling
Cole, L., Goodall, T., Jehmlich, N., Griffiths, R. I., Gleixner, G., Gubry-Rangin, C. & Malik, A. A., 1 Jan 2025, In: ISME Communications. 4, 1, p. ycae116Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Legacy effects of drought on plant–soil feedbacks and plant–plant interactions
Kaisermann, A., de Vries, F. T., Griffiths, R. I. & Bardgett, R. D., 16 Jun 2017, In: New Phytologist. 215, 4, p. 1413-1424 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil
Vos, M., Birkett, P. J., Birch, E., Griffiths, R. I. & Buckling, A., 14 Aug 2009, In: Science. 325, 5942, p. 833 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long term drought and warming alter soil bacterial and fungal communities in an upland heathland
Seaton, F., Reinsch, S., Goodall, T., White, N., Jones, D. L., Griffiths, R., Creer, S., Smith, A., Emmett, B. A. & Robinson, D. A., Sept 2022, In: Ecosystems. 25, 6, p. 1279-1294 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Long-term cattle grazing shifts the ecological state of forest soils
Proesmans, W., Andrews, C., Gray, A., Griffiths, R., Keith, A., Nielsen, U. N., Spurgeon, D., Pywell, R., Emmett, B. & Vanbergen, A. J., Apr 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 4, e8786.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping and validating predictions of soil bacterial biodiversity using European and national scale datasets: Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions across Europe: A transect covering variations in bio-geographical zones, land use and soil properties
Griffiths, R. I., Thomson, B. C., Plassart, P., Gweon, H. S., Stone, D., Creamer, R. E., Lemanceau, P. & Bailey, M. J., Jan 2016, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 97, p. 61-68 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping natural capital: optimising the use of national scale datasets
Henrys, P. A., Bee, E. J., Watkins, J. W., Smith, N. A. & Griffiths, R. I., Jun 2015, In: Ecography. 38, 6, p. 632-638 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial and mineral interactions decouple litter quality from soil organic matter formation
Elias, D. M. O., Mason, K. E., Goodall, T., Taylor, A., Zhao, P., Otero-Fariña, A., Chen, H., Peacock, C. L., Ostle, N. J., Griffiths, R. I., Chapman, P. J., Holden, J., Banwart, S., McNamara, N. P. & Whitaker, J., 20 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, p. 10063Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Niche specialization of terrestrial archaeal ammonia oxidizers
Gubry-Rangin, C., Hai, B., Quince, C., Engel, M., Thomson, B. C., James, P., Schloter, M., Griffiths, R. I., Prosser, J. I. & Nicol, G. W., 8 Dec 2011, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108, 52, p. 21206-21211 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nutrient Source and Mycorrhizal Association jointly alters Soil Microbial Communities that shape Plant-Rhizosphere-Soil Carbon-Nutrient Flows
Chowdhury, S., Lange, M., Malik, A. A., Goodall, T., Huang, J., Griffiths, R. I. & Gleixner, G., 19 Jul 2020, In: bioRxiv.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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PIPITS: an automated pipeline for analyses of fungal internal transcribed spacer sequences from the Illumina sequencing platform
Gweon, H. S., Oliver, A., Taylor, J., Booth, T., Gibbs, M., Read, D. S., Griffiths, R. I. & Schonrogge, K., 22 Apr 2015, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 6, 8, p. 973-980 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil
Roth, V.-N., Lange, M., Simon, C., Hertkorn, N., Bucher, S., Goodall, T., Griffiths, R. I., Mellado-Vázquez, P. G., Mommer, L., Oram, N. J., Weigelt, A., Dittmar, T. & Gleixner, G., 5 Aug 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 12, 9, p. 755-761 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physiological and Community Responses of Established Grassland Bacterial Populations to Water Stress
I., G. R., S., W. A., G., O. A. & J., B. M., Dec 2003, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69, 12, p. 6961-6968 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage
Lange, M., Eisenhauer, N., Sierra, C. A., Bessler, H., Engels, C., Griffiths, R. I., Mellado-Vázquez, P. G., Malik, A. A., Roy, J., Scheu, S., Steinbeiss, S., Thomson, B. C., Trumbore, S. E. & Gleixner, G., 7 Apr 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 1, 6707.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plant soil interactions alter carbon cycling in an upland grassland soil
Thomson, B., Ostle, N., McNamara, N., Oakley, S., Whiteley, A., Bailey, M. & Griffiths, R., 10 Sept 2013, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi efficiently acquire Nitrogen from substrate additions by shaping the decomposer community composition and their net plant carbon demand
Chowdhury, S., Lange, M., Malik, A. A., Goodall, T., Huang, J., Griffiths, R. I. & Gleixner, G., Jun 2022, In: Plant and Soil. 475, 1, p. 473-490 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Protists have divergent effects on bacterial diversity along a productivity gradient
Bell, T., Bonsall, M. B., Buckling, A., Whiteley, A. S., Goodall, T. & Griffiths, R. I., 10 Mar 2010, In: Biology letters. 6, 5, p. 639-642 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RNA Stable Isotope Probing, a Novel Means of Linking Microbial Community Function to Phylogeny
Mike, M., S., W. A., I., G. R. & J., B. M., Nov 2002, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68, 11, p. 5367-5373 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review