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Picture: The collage contains six photographs of steps in molecular analyses in a laboratory, performed by a scientist. Photo 1 shows a sample standardization device. Photo 2 shows the scientist working on a polymerase chain reaction device. Photo 3 shows the scientist using an electronic pipette to fill a sample into a micro-reaction tube. Photo 4 shows an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Photo 5 shows the scientist working on a bioinformatics quality control device. Photo 6 shows the scientist at a desk in front of a computer making inputs for assignment.

Microorganisms, especially fungi and bacteria, play an essential role in soil, including as destructors in the decomposition of organic matter and as symbionts for the growth and health of plant partners. In addition to these interactions with plants, soil microorganisms are influenced by environmental changes such as land use and forest management. However, the degree to which individual factors affect microbial diversity and composition is not yet fully understood.


1.    Characterisation of fungi that play a crucial role in the rhizosphere in grasslands and identification of factors that influence their diversity and composition.

2.    Examining the relationship between plant traits of grassland species, land-use intensities and the rhizosphere mycobiome.

3.    Assessment of the influence of beech ecotypes on the shaping of specific rhizosphere mycobiomes under different management and environmental conditions.

4.   Further analysis of land-use intensity and management effects on soil fungal diversity and fungal community composition.


H1: The species diversity and community composition of the active rhizosphere mycobiome in grasslands changes in relation to the functional plant groups and soil parameters.

H2: Differences in rhizosphere-mycobiome composition are related to changes in plant characteristics, land-use intensities and environmental variables.

H3: The interaction between plants and fungi is determined by plant ecotypes.

H4: Land-use and forest management types have an effect on the composition of the fungal community.


Soil DNA extraction, fungal amplicon library building and next generation sequencing technologies, bioinformatics (MOTHUR & QIIME) and multivariate statistics.

Close collaboration on sample collection and data analysis with exploratory projects:
– ProFIL
– SCALEMIC
– NanoFaun
– Botany
– Soil (Abiotics)
– BELOW
– InDiLaN


Doc
Masch D., Buscot F., Rohe W., Goldmann K. (2025): Bark beetle infestation alters mycobiomes in wood, litter, and soil associated with Norway spruce, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 101 (3), fiaf015. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiaf015
More information:  doi.org
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Temporal changes of fungal communities and enzyme activities in forest soils
Zeitliche Veränderung von Pilzgemeinschaften und Enzymaktivitäten in Böden von Waldökosystemen
Maier T. C. (2025): Zeitliche Veränderung von Pilzgemeinschaften und Enzymaktivitäten in Böden von Waldökosystemen. Bacherlor thesis, Leipzig University
Doc
The influence of forest gaps and their subsequent closure on the diversity of soil fungi
Der Einfluss von Waldlücken auf Bodenpilze
Wöltjen J. (2023): The influence of forest gaps and their subsequent closure on the diversity of soil fungi. Master thesis, University Koblenz-Landau
Doc
Influence of land use on the temporal dynamics of fungal communities across the German Biodiversity Exploratories (BE)
Einfluss von Landnutzung auf die zeitlichen Dynamiken von Bodenpilze in den Deutschen Biodiversitätexploratorien (BE)
Rivera Cerquera D. F. (2023): Influence of land use on the temporal dynamics of fungal communities across the German Biodiversity Exploratories (BE). Bachelor thesis, University of Leipzig
Doc
Goldmann K., Boeddinghaus R. S., Klemmer S., Regan K. M., Heintz-Buschart A., Fischer M., Prati D., Piepho H.-P., Berner D., Marhan S., Kandeler E., Buscot F., Wubet T. (2020): Unraveling spatio‐temporal variability of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi in a temperate grassland plot. Environmental Microbiology 22 (3), 873-888. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14653
More information:  doi.org
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Vergleichbare Pilzgemeinschaften in der Rhizosphäre von ansässigen Pflanzen und Phytometerpflanzen in bewirtschafteten Grünlandökosystemen
Schöps R., Goldmann K., Korell L., Bruelheide H., Wubet T., Buscot F. (2020): Resident and phytometer plants host comparable rhizosphere fungal communities in managed grassland ecosystems. Scientific Reports 10: 919. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57760-x
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Goldmann K., Ammerschubert S., Pena R., Polle A., Wu B.-W., Wubet T., Buscot F. (2020): Early stage root-associated fungi show a high temporal turnover, but are independent of beech progeny. Microorganisms 8 (2), 210. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8020210
More information:  doi.org
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Verbreitung von medizinisch relevanten Antibiotikaresistenzgenen und mobilen genetischen Elementen in Wald- und Grünlandböden
Willms I. M., Yuan J., Penone C., Goldmann K., Vogt J., Wubet T., Schöning I., Schrumpf M., Buscot F., Nacke H. (2020): Distribution of Medically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Mobile Genetic Elements in Soils of Temperate Forests and Grasslands Varying in Land Use. Genes 11 (2), 150. doi: 10.3390/genes11020150
More information:  doi.org
Doc
Der Einfluss von Borkenkäfern (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) auf das Mykobiom der Gemeinen Fichte (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst., Pinaceae) im Biodiversitäts-Exploratorium Hainich-Dün
Masch D. (2020): Der Einfluss von Borkenkäfern (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) auf das Mykobiom der Gemeinen Fichte (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst., Pinaceae) im Biodiversitäts-Exploratorium Hainich-Dün. Bachelor thesis, FU Berlin
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Belowground plant microbiome diversity and community composition in grassland ecosystems along land-use gradients in the German Biodiversity Exploratories
Unterirdische Pflanzenmikrobiomvielfalt und Gemeinschaftszusammensetzung in Grünlandökosystemen entlang von Landnutzungsgradienten in den deutschen Biodiversitäts-Exploratorien
Schöps R. (2020): Belowground plant microbiome diversity and community composition in grassland ecosystems along land-use gradients in the German Biodiversity Exploratories. Dissertation, Leipzig University
Doc
Landnutzungsintsität anstatt von funktionellen Pflanzengruppen beeinflussen die bakterielle und pilzliche Rhizosphärengemeinschaft
Schöps R., Goldmann K., Herz K., Lentendu G., Schöning I., Bruelheide H., Wubet T., Buscot F. (2018): Land-use intensity rather than plant functional identity shapes bacterial and fungal rhizosphere communities. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2711. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02711
More information:  doi.org
Doc
Auswirkung von pflanzlichen Nachbarschaftseffekten auf die pilzliche Diversität und Gemeinschaftszusammensetzung in der Rhizosphäre
Lohmaier A. (2018): Auswirkung von pflanzlichen Nachbarschaftseffekten auf die pilzliche Diversität und Gemeinschaftszusammensetzung in der Rhizosphäre. Master thesis, University Halle-Wittenberg
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Weißbecker C., Buscot F., Wubet T. (2017): Preservation of nucleic acids by freeze-drying for next generation sequencing analyses of soil microbial communities. Journal of Plant Ecology 10 (1), 81-90. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw042
More information:  doi.org

Public Datasets

Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia (2023): Comparision of fungal communities in bark beetle affected and unaffected spruces on HEW51 - taxonomy look-up table. Version 7. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/31433?version=7
Dataset
Nawaz, Ali (2022): Soil fungal (ITS) communities from 10 grassland plots in Germany (2015-2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU taxonomic function look-up table (subset of dataset 25426). Version 8. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25829/bexis.31353-7
Dataset
Nawaz, Ali (2022): Soil fungal (ITS) communities from 10 grassland plots in Germany (2015-2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances (subset of dataset 25026). Version 9. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25829/bexis.31352-8
Dataset
Nawaz, Ali (2022): Soil bacterial (16S) communities from 10 grassland plots in Germany (2015-2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances (subset of dataset 25346). Version 10. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25829/bexis.31349-9
Dataset
Nawaz, Ali (2022): Soil bacterial (16S) communities from 10 grassland plots in Germany (2015-2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU taxonomic look-up table (subset of dataset 25466). Version 7. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25829/bexis.31350-6
Dataset
Schnabel, Beatrix; Schöning, Ingo (2021): Sampling protocol - soil sampling campaign 2021, all experimental plots (EPs), organic layer + 0-10 cm. Version 21. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/31037?version=21
Dataset
Michas, Antonios (2021): Absolute abundances of soil nitrification genes in 25 ALB grassland SADE-EPs (2015-2017). Version 7. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/30975?version=7
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Abundant soil fungi on all 300 EPs (from Soil Sampling Campains 2011, 2014 and 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV taxonomic look-up table. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26473?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26470?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26469?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26468?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26467?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Polle, Andrea; Pena, Rodica; Goldmann, Kezia; Ammerschubert, Silke (2020): Abundance of beech root-associated fungi 2014 and 2017 in Schorfheide-Chorin (Beech Transplant Experiment) - OTU taxonomic look-up table. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26247?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26472?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27691?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27690?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27689?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27688?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27687?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 300 EPs (from Soil Sampling Campains 2011, 2014 and 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV taxonomic look-up table. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27686?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27692?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia; Wubet, Tesfaye (2020): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26471?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Polle, Andrea; Pena, Rodica; Goldmann, Kezia; Ammerschubert, Silke (2020): Abundance of beech root-associated fungi 2014 and 2017 in Schorfheide-Chorin (Beech Transplant Experiment). Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/26246?version=4
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia (2020): Comparision of fungal communities in bark beetle affected und unaffected spruces on HEW51. Version 6. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/27446?version=6
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia; Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye (2019): Abundant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - putative AMF abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25452?version=3
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia; Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye (2019): Abundant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - putative AMF abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25450?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Nawaz, Ali (2019): Soil bacterial (16S) communities from 25 ALB grassland SADE-EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU taxonomic look-up table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25466?version=2
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia; Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye (2019): Abundant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - putative AMF abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25451?version=3
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia; Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye (2019): Abundant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 300 EPs (from Soil Sampling Campains 2011, 2014 and 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - putative AMF taxonomic look-up table. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25446?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Nawaz, Ali (2019): Soil bacterial (16S) communities from 25 ALB grassland SADE-EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25346?version=2
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Nawaz, Ali (2019): Soil fungal (ITS) communities from 25 ALB grassland SADE-EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25026?version=2
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia; Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye (2019): Abundant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - putative AMF abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25448?version=3
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia; Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye (2019): Abundant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - putative AMF abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25447?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia (2019): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24572?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia (2019): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24571?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia (2019): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24570?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia (2019): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24569?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia (2019): Abundant soil fungi on all 300 EPs (from Soil Sampling Campains 2011, 2014 and 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU taxonomic look-up table. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24566?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Nawaz, Ali (2019): Soil fungal (ITS) communities from 25 ALB grassland SADE-EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU taxonomic function look-up table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25426?version=2
Dataset
Goldmann, Kezia; Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye (2019): Abundant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - putative AMF abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25449?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia (2019): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 grassland EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24567?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia (2019): Abundant soil fungi on all 150 forest EPs (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24568?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2019): 16S and ITS bulk soil, rhizosphere, and root endosphere at 13 grassland plots each in Hainich (2014) and Schwäbische Alb (2015), BELOW - raw sequence data (fastq-files). Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/25506?version=2
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS rhizosphere and root community composition, greenhouse experiment in the Botanical Garden in Halle (Saale), 2015, BELOW – taxonomic look-up table. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24448?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS rhizosphere community composition (filter technique) at 46 grassland plots, Schorfheide, Hainich and Schwäbische Alb, 2015, BELOW – OTU abundance table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24406?version=2
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS root endophyte community composition at 13 grassland plots, Hainich, 2014, BELOW. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/23186?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS bulk soil and rhizosphere community composition at 13 grassland plots, Hainich, 2014, BELOW. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/22627?version=4
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS rhizosphere community composition (filter technique) at 46 grassland plots, Schorfheide, Hainich and Schwäbische Alb, 2015, BELOW – taxonomic look-up table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24446?version=2
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS rhizosphere community composition (filter technique) in phytometer and resident plants at 13 grassland plots, Schwäbische Alb, 2015, BELOW – taxonomic look-up table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24447?version=2
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS rhizosphere community composition (filter technique) in phytometer and resident plants at 13 grassland plots, Schwäbische Alb, 2015, BELOW – OTU abundance table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24407?version=2
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Bacterial 16S bulk soil and rhizosphere community composition at 13 grassland plots, Hainich, 2014, BELOW. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/22628?version=3
Dataset
Buscot, Francois; Wubet, Tesfaye; Goldmann, Kezia; Schoeps, Ricardo (2018): Fungal ITS rhizosphere and root community composition, greenhouse experiment in the Botanical Garden in Halle (Saale), 2015, BELOW – OTU abundance table. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de/ddm/data/Showdata/24409?version=3

Non-public datasets

Dataset
Potential nitrification, soil sampling campaign (SSC) 2021, all experimental plots EPs
Schloter, Michael (2025): Potential nitrification, soil sampling campaign (SSC) 2021, all experimental plots EPs. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 32020
Dataset
Soil metagenomes from 55 grassland plots, SSC 2017
Kurth, Julia (2025): Soil metagenomes from 55 grassland plots, SSC 2017. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 32044
Dataset
Biocrust metagenomes from 59 forest plots of Biocrust and Bulk Soil samples, 2018
Kurth, Julia (2025): Biocrust metagenomes from 59 forest plots of Biocrust and Bulk Soil samples, 2018. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 32045
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of bacterial soil communities at sequence variant level in all reduced land-use intensity experiment (REX) and land-use experiment (LUX) plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Overmann, Jörg; Vieira, Selma (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of bacterial soil communities at sequence variant level in all reduced land-use intensity experiment (REX) and land-use experiment (LUX) plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31936
Dataset
Full genome sequence of Paraconexibacter strain AEG42_29
Vieira, Selma (2024): Full genome sequence of Paraconexibacter strain AEG42_29. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31922
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of microbial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Vieira, Selma; Sikorski, Johannes; Overmann, Jörg (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of microbial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 6. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31800
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of microbial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Vieira, Selma; Sikorski, Johannes; Overmann, Jörg (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of microbial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 6. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31801
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) RNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Overmann, Jörg; Vieira, Selma (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) RNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31812
Dataset
Soil metagenomes from all grassland 150 experimental plots (EP), SSC 2023
Wicht, Ann-Christin (2024): Soil metagenomes from all grassland 150 experimental plots (EP), SSC 2023. Version 6. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31760
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of bacterial soil communities at sequence variant level in all forest gap experiment (FOX) plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2020-2021
Overmann, Jörg; Vieira, Selma (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V3 region) DNA-based analysis of bacterial soil communities at sequence variant level in all forest gap experiment (FOX) plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2020-2021. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31829
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V3 region) RNA-based analysis of bacterial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Vieira, Selma; Sikorski, Johannes; Overmann, Jörg (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V3 region) RNA-based analysis of bacterial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 5. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31805
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V3 region) RNA-based analysis of microbial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Vieira, Selma; Sikorski, Johannes; Overmann, Jörg (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V3 region) RNA-based analysis of microbial soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 6. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31864
Dataset
Forest Gap Experiment (FOX): DNA-based analysis of soil fungal communities (Illumina MiSeq) – ASV abundances
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Forest Gap Experiment (FOX): DNA-based analysis of soil fungal communities (Illumina MiSeq) - ASV abundances. Version 7. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31838
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) DNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Overmann, Jörg; Vieira, Selma (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) DNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 forest plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 5. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31810
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) RNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Overmann, Jörg; Vieira, Selma (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) RNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 5. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31811
Dataset
Forest Gap Experiment (FOX): DNA-based analysis of soil fungal communities (Illumina MiSeq) – ASV taxonomic look-up table
Buscot, Francois; Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Forest Gap Experiment (FOX): DNA-based analysis of soil fungal communities (Illumina MiSeq) - ASV taxonomic look-up table. Version 5. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31839
Dataset
16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) DNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021
Overmann, Jörg; Vieira, Selma (2024): 16S rRNA gene (V1-V3 region) DNA-based analysis of archaeal soil communities at sequence variant level in 150 grassland plots, using QIIME2-based bioinformatics, 2021. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31809
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 7. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31947
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2021; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2021; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31950
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 5. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31948
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31949
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2017; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31954
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2023; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 forest plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2023; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31951
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2011; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31952
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2021; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2021; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31955
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 300 plots (from Soil Sampling Campains 2011, 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2023; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF taxonomic look-up table
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 300 plots (from Soil Sampling Campains 2011, 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2023; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF taxonomic look-up table. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31957
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2014; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31953
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2023; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on all 150 grassland plots (from Soil Sampling Campain 2023; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 4. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31956
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31958
Dataset
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) – AMF taxonomy look-up table
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) - AMF taxonomy look-up table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31959
Dataset
General soil fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) – OTU abundances
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): General soil fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) - OTU abundances. Version 3. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31960
Dataset
General soil fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) – taxonomy look-up table
Goldmann, Kezia (2024): General soil fungi on agricultural EPs (from soil pilot sampling April 2024; Illumina MiSeq) - taxonomy look-up table. Version 2. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31961
Dataset
Sampling protocol – soil sampling campaign 2023, all experimental plots (EPs), organic layer + 0-10 cm
Schnabel, Beatrix; Schöning, Ingo (2023): Sampling protocol - soil sampling campaign 2023, all experimental plots (EPs), organic layer + 0-10 cm. Version 7. Biodiversity Exploratories Information System. Dataset. https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de. Dataset ID= 31646

The so-called core projects of the BE emerged from the site selection project and the establishment of the exploratories (2006-2008). Since 2008, they have been providing the infrastructure and collecting important basic information on land use, diversity and ecosystem processes (long-term monitoring) for all projects. In addition, they coordinate project-wide activities such as various large-scale experiments.

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Picture: The collage contains six photographs of steps in molecular analyses in a laboratory, performed by a scientist. Photo 1 shows a sample standardization device. Photo 2 shows the scientist working on a polymerase chain reaction device. Photo 3 shows the scientist using an electronic pipette to fill a sample into a micro-reaction tube. Photo 4 shows an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Photo 5 shows the scientist working on a bioinformatics quality control device. Photo 6 shows the scientist at a desk in front of a computer making inputs for assignment.
Microorganisms (Core project)
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #2017 – 2020  #Soil organisms […]
Picture: The collage contains six photographs of steps in molecular analyses in a laboratory, performed by a scientist. Photo 1 shows a sample standardization device. Photo 2 shows the scientist working on a polymerase chain reaction device. Photo 3 shows the scientist using an electronic pipette to fill a sample into a micro-reaction tube. Photo 4 shows an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Photo 5 shows the scientist working on a bioinformatics quality control device. Photo 6 shows the scientist at a desk in front of a computer making inputs for assignment.
Microorganisms (Core project)
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #BEF  #Soil Ecology  #REX/LUX  #FOX  #2020 – 2023  #Sequencing […]
Picture: The collage contains six photographs of steps in molecular analyses in a laboratory, performed by a scientist. Photo 1 shows a sample standardization device. Photo 2 shows the scientist working on a polymerase chain reaction device. Photo 3 shows the scientist using an electronic pipette to fill a sample into a micro-reaction tube. Photo 4 shows an Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Photo 5 shows the scientist working on a bioinformatics quality control device. Photo 6 shows the scientist at a desk in front of a computer making inputs for assignment.
Microorganisms (Core project)
#Microorganisms & Fungi  #BEF  #Soil Ecology  #REX/LUX  #FOX  #2023 – 2026  #Sequencing […]

Scientific assistants

Prof. Dr. Francois Buscot (assoz.)
Alumni
Prof. Dr. Francois Buscot (assoz.)
Dr. Tesfaye Wubet
Alumni
Dr. Tesfaye Wubet
Dr. Kezia Goldmann
Employee
Dr. Kezia Goldmann
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
Beatrix Schnabel
Employee
Beatrix Schnabel
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)
Ricardo Schöps
Alumni
Ricardo Schöps
Dr. Kathrin Patsias
Alumni
Dr. Kathrin Patsias
Sandra Klemmer
Alumni
Sandra Klemmer
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