M. de Raad

This study compares metabolic traits of bulk soil and rhizosphere bacteria in a Mediterranean grassland, finding bulk soil bacteria better adapted to degrade plant polymers.

The paper introduces BIMA, a method to analyze interspecific interactions in biofilm co-cultures by examining colony morphology, inhibition, invasion, and associated genes/metabolites.

The paper develops a defined medium (NLDM) for cultivating soil bacteria and profiling exometabolites, showing it supports growth of 53 diverse isolates and enables metabolite tracking via LC-MS/MS.

The paper investigates how cervicovaginal microbiome composition influences metabolic profiles in healthy pregnancies across trimesters and the first year of life.

This study shows root morphology is affected by substrate size, but exudation is not, and exudate availability depends on substrate chemistry.