François Maillard

The paper investigates how warming and reduced rainfall affect fungal necromass decomposition and microbial communities in a temperate-boreal forest ecotone, finding accelerated initial decay but no overall mass loss difference.

This study suppresses a low-abundance protist in soil microbial communities and observes mesopredator release and biotic homogenization, showing its keystone role.

This study shows that fungal melanin content and soil mineral properties interact to influence the formation of fungal-derived mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) in soils.

This paper uses deep learning to analyze bacterial communities in soil chips from three locations, quantifying abundance and morphology to study population dynamics and biodiversity.