Francis M. Martin
@fmartin54.bsky.social
Microbiologist & Plant physiologist. Symbiosis, Mycorrhizae, Genomics, Plant-microbe interactions, Microbial ecology. Views are my own
https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?page_id=10523
https://mycor.nancy.inra.fr/IAM/?page_id=10523
“We realized that degradation did not simply mean “loss”, but reorganization. As dominant clonal species lost ground, new ecological niches opened up, allowing forbs and diverse microbial taxa to thrive.”
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Grassland degradation reshapes the rules linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
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November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
“We realized that degradation did not simply mean “loss”, but reorganization. As dominant clonal species lost ground, new ecological niches opened up, allowing forbs and diverse microbial taxa to thrive.”
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GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface
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GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface | PNAS
Microbial communities inhabiting plants have emerged as crucial factors in regulating
plant health and defense against disease-causing pathogens. T...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface
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Time-series RNA metabarcoding of the active Populus tremuloides root microbiome reveals hidden temporal dynamics and dormant core members
#mSystems by @jakenash12.bsky.social et al
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#mSystems by @jakenash12.bsky.social et al
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November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Time-series RNA metabarcoding of the active Populus tremuloides root microbiome reveals hidden temporal dynamics and dormant core members
#mSystems by @jakenash12.bsky.social et al
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#mSystems by @jakenash12.bsky.social et al
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I haven’t been posting on here very much recently, but thought I’d post this photo of a Dicyrtoma fusca springtail. What a beauty…
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I haven’t been posting on here very much recently, but thought I’d post this photo of a Dicyrtoma fusca springtail. What a beauty…
In the hushed sanctuary of the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church, Chaource, the Entombment unfolds with piercing intimacy. Here, Joseph of Arimathea and the Virgin Mary cradle the lifeless body of Christ in a moment frozen between unbearable grief and tender devotion.
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In the hushed sanctuary of the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church, Chaource, the Entombment unfolds with piercing intimacy. Here, Joseph of Arimathea and the Virgin Mary cradle the lifeless body of Christ in a moment frozen between unbearable grief and tender devotion.
Brainstorming on mycorrhizal & endophytic associations with Zhilin Yuan (CAF) while walking through the INRAE Arboretum 👍
📸 Long Peng
📸 Long Peng
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Brainstorming on mycorrhizal & endophytic associations with Zhilin Yuan (CAF) while walking through the INRAE Arboretum 👍
📸 Long Peng
📸 Long Peng
Comment une forêt peut-elle émettre plus de CO₂ qu’elle n’en capture ?
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Comment une forêt peut-elle émettre plus de CO₂ qu’elle n’en capture ?
Entre 1990 et 2010, la capacité de stockage des forêts a chuté d’environ 30 %. Tour d’horizon, de l’Amazonie à l’Afrique centrale, en passant par des forêts tempérées et boréales.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Comment une forêt peut-elle émettre plus de CO₂ qu’elle n’en capture ?
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"I'm motivated by the idea that the work we do … can ripple outward; that our research can serve people, protect biodiversity & contribute to a deeper appreciation of life on Earth."
In #Profile: Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar
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In #Profile: Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"I'm motivated by the idea that the work we do … can ripple outward; that our research can serve people, protect biodiversity & contribute to a deeper appreciation of life on Earth."
In #Profile: Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar
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#LatestIssue
In #Profile: Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar
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#LatestIssue
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Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🇵🇪 We sampled for fungi through WATER, SOIL, and ROCK to better understand how deep soil fungi help regulate the carbon cycle with @tobykiers.bsky.social, Merlin Sheldrake, Fungi Foundation’s Giuliana Furci and collaborator Walter Huaraca 🇵🇪
Special thanks to Cosmo Sheldrake and Tomás Munita.
Special thanks to Cosmo Sheldrake and Tomás Munita.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🇵🇪 We sampled for fungi through WATER, SOIL, and ROCK to better understand how deep soil fungi help regulate the carbon cycle with @tobykiers.bsky.social, Merlin Sheldrake, Fungi Foundation’s Giuliana Furci and collaborator Walter Huaraca 🇵🇪
Special thanks to Cosmo Sheldrake and Tomás Munita.
Special thanks to Cosmo Sheldrake and Tomás Munita.
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Dernières préparations avant le spectacle de ce soir, organisé avec le @cnrs.fr et le Jardin des Sciences de l’ @unistra.fr au Planétarium de Strasbourg. “L’archéologie Galactique avec les courants stellaires.” Salle comble !
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Dernières préparations avant le spectacle de ce soir, organisé avec le @cnrs.fr et le Jardin des Sciences de l’ @unistra.fr au Planétarium de Strasbourg. “L’archéologie Galactique avec les courants stellaires.” Salle comble !
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I'm so grateful for this journey 👩🎓!
Thank you @sebbyrust.bsky.social and @ccilelorrain.bsky.social for your guidance, and to all the inspiring people who help me reach higher and keep moving forward 🦋
Thank you @sebbyrust.bsky.social and @ccilelorrain.bsky.social for your guidance, and to all the inspiring people who help me reach higher and keep moving forward 🦋
Packed room for Emma Corre's PhD defense on transposable elements in rust fungi genomes.
Congratulations Dr @emma--c.bsky.social 👏👏👏
And what a lovely tribute to Barbara McClintock who discovered transposable elements in 🌽!!!
Congratulations Dr @emma--c.bsky.social 👏👏👏
And what a lovely tribute to Barbara McClintock who discovered transposable elements in 🌽!!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm so grateful for this journey 👩🎓!
Thank you @sebbyrust.bsky.social and @ccilelorrain.bsky.social for your guidance, and to all the inspiring people who help me reach higher and keep moving forward 🦋
Thank you @sebbyrust.bsky.social and @ccilelorrain.bsky.social for your guidance, and to all the inspiring people who help me reach higher and keep moving forward 🦋
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Devil's Fingers, Clathrus archeri, on a Dorset heath today. #wildfungihour
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Devil's Fingers, Clathrus archeri, on a Dorset heath today. #wildfungihour
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Craterellus tubaeformis - Trumpet Chanterelle. #FungiFriends
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Craterellus tubaeformis - Trumpet Chanterelle. #FungiFriends
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Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken-of-the-woods, Polypore soufré) on a willow (Salix alba) trunck, Mazerulles, FR.
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken-of-the-woods, Polypore soufré) on a willow (Salix alba) trunck, Mazerulles, FR.
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Ramaria stricta (strict-branch coral, clavaire droite).
Forêt d'Amance, FR.
Forêt d'Amance, FR.
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Ramaria stricta (strict-branch coral, clavaire droite).
Forêt d'Amance, FR.
Forêt d'Amance, FR.
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Increasing Prevalence of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Increasing Prevalence of Plant‐Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change
This research examines seeds sampled from historic herbarium specimens to look for changes in the presence of beneficial fungal symbionts in response to climate change drivers. These specimens from t...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Increasing Prevalence of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
@newphyt.bsky.social
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A little flush of Amethyst Deceivers. Marvellous. #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A little flush of Amethyst Deceivers. Marvellous. #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
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Mycena haematopus. Happy Halloween 🎃 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Mycena haematopus. Happy Halloween 🎃 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
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Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity!
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity!
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
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Very proud to see part of @luzia-stalder.bsky.social inspiring PhD work now published in Microbiome!
We tackled the lack of resolution that affects many plant microbiome studies by designing new barcoding loci from scratch. Our multi-kb amplicons resolve Pseudomonas and fungal strain diversity.
We tackled the lack of resolution that affects many plant microbiome studies by designing new barcoding loci from scratch. Our multi-kb amplicons resolve Pseudomonas and fungal strain diversity.
Still using 16S/ITS profiling? You might want to reconsider👀
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
High-resolution profiling of bacterial and fungal communities using pangenome-informed taxon-specific long-read amplicons - Microbiome
Background High-throughput sequencing technologies have greatly advanced our understanding of microbiomes, but resolving microbial communities at species and strain levels remains challenging. Results...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Very proud to see part of @luzia-stalder.bsky.social inspiring PhD work now published in Microbiome!
We tackled the lack of resolution that affects many plant microbiome studies by designing new barcoding loci from scratch. Our multi-kb amplicons resolve Pseudomonas and fungal strain diversity.
We tackled the lack of resolution that affects many plant microbiome studies by designing new barcoding loci from scratch. Our multi-kb amplicons resolve Pseudomonas and fungal strain diversity.
Reposted by Francis M. Martin
Still using 16S/ITS profiling? You might want to reconsider👀
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
High-resolution profiling of bacterial and fungal communities using pangenome-informed taxon-specific long-read amplicons - Microbiome
Background High-throughput sequencing technologies have greatly advanced our understanding of microbiomes, but resolving microbial communities at species and strain levels remains challenging. Results...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Still using 16S/ITS profiling? You might want to reconsider👀
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Reposted by Francis M. Martin
Check out our newest issue where we interview Antonis Rokas, who uses DNA data from fungi, animals, and plants to study the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversity at Vanderbilt University. @rokaslab.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...
Q & A
Interview with Antonis Rokas, who uses DNA data from fungi, animals, and plants to
study the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversity at Vanderbilt University.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Check out our newest issue where we interview Antonis Rokas, who uses DNA data from fungi, animals, and plants to study the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversity at Vanderbilt University. @rokaslab.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...
From forests to symbiosis …
SYMBIOTIC INDIVIDUALITIES, a round table with : Anthony Bertucci, Rivers Solomon, Jeff VanderMeer and Antoine Daere
#Utopiales2025
#inrae
SYMBIOTIC INDIVIDUALITIES, a round table with : Anthony Bertucci, Rivers Solomon, Jeff VanderMeer and Antoine Daere
#Utopiales2025
#inrae
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
From forests to symbiosis …
SYMBIOTIC INDIVIDUALITIES, a round table with : Anthony Bertucci, Rivers Solomon, Jeff VanderMeer and Antoine Daere
#Utopiales2025
#inrae
SYMBIOTIC INDIVIDUALITIES, a round table with : Anthony Bertucci, Rivers Solomon, Jeff VanderMeer and Antoine Daere
#Utopiales2025
#inrae