Blog – Soil Microbial Ecology

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Basque soil health monitoring network (LURNET)

Through a collaboration with the OpenGeoHub Foundation, we have designed a soil health monitoring network for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. The sampling...

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Vineyards network for co-creation and expansion of AgroEcological strategies to face viticulture challenges: a basis for cross-border living labs (VinAE; 2025-2028)

Agroecological practices (AE) in vineyards, such as the establishment of ground covers to protect soil from erosion and enhance its functionality, biodiversity, and associated ecosystem...

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Documentary on antibiotic resistance

Our field experiment on the interactive effects of pesticide residues and Tº increase in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in agroecosystems has appeared on the...

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Biological remediation treatments improve the health of a mixed contaminated soil before significantly reducing contaminant levels

Authors: June Hidalgo, Unai Artetxe, José M. Becerril, María T. Gómez-Sagasti, Lur Epelde, Juan Vilela, Carlos Garbisu Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31550-0 (more…)...

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Mycoremediation with Agaricus bisporus and Pleurotus ostreatus growth substrates versus phytoremediation with Festuca rubra and Brassica sp. for the recovery of a Pb and γ-HCH contaminated soil

Authors: June Hidalgo, Lur Epelde, Mikel Anza, José M. Becerril, Carlos Garbisu Journal: Chemosphere https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138538 (more…)...

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Communication at the 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference

Soil metal contamination is a worldwide problem of great magnitude. Phytomanagement is based on the use of plants to reduce and control risks arising from...

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Documentary on sustainable food production

We have taken part in the recording of a documentary on sustainable food production for the Teknopolis programme of ETB. We have explained the soil...

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Induced development of oxytetracycline tolerance in bacterial communities from soil amended with well-aged cow manure

Authors: Leire Jauregi, Lur Epelde, Maddi Artamendi, Fernando Blanco, Carlos Garbisu Journal: Ecotoxicology https://rdcu.be/c9sNj (more…)...

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Organic amendment treatments for antimicrobial resistance and mobile element genes risk reduction in soil‑crop systems

Authors: Leire Jauregi, Aitor González , Carlos Garbisu, Lur Epelde Journal: Scientific Reports https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-27840-9 (more…)...

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