Understanding of the microbial community in long-term

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and abstract and limitations section and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2019 and 2026, spanning 7 journals. Those papers have been cited 154 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Plant Microbiota: Emerging Tools for Sustainable Crop Growth and Health (2026) · International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research · doi

  Future research should prioritize the development of predictive microbiome models. Research should focus on integrating microbiome science into sustainable agricultural frameworks. Studies should investigate the effects of environmental disturbances and agricultural practices on microbiome structure and function.

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: future research prioritize development predictive microbiome models focus
• Responses of soil microbial metabolism, function and soil quality to long-term addition of organic materials with different carbon sources (2024) · Biochar · cited 62× · doi

  However, there is limited research systematically and comprehensively exploring the response of soil microbiota and the changes in soil metabolomics after the addition of two different carbon source amendments to the soil, and the differential mechanisms of soil metabolomics between them remain unclear.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: soil metabolomics there limited systematically comprehensively exploring response microbiota changes addition different carbon source amendments
• The Biopesticide Revolution: AI, Genomics, and Microbiome Engineering on a Global Scale (2026) · Trends in Animal and Plant Sciences · doi

  Inconsistent field results are a challenge in biopesticide research. Limited knowledge on microbiome interactions is a limitation. Regulatory hurdles and cost are also challenges. Data silos and farmer acceptance are additional limitations.

  generallimitations sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: inconsistent field results challenge biopesticide research limited knowledge
• Microbial communities and pharmaceutical contaminants in the water-soil–plant continuum of sugarcane crops irrigated with contaminated waters from the Cauca River Valley, Colombia (2026) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi

  There is a need for an integrated environmental and microbiological assessment of contaminant transfer in agricultural ecosystems. The gap is the lack of understanding of the risks and benefits of microbial infiltration in agricultural ecosystems.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there need integrated environmental microbiological assessment contaminant transfer
• Microbial communities and pharmaceutical contaminants in the water-soil–plant continuum of sugarcane crops irrigated with contaminated waters from the Cauca River Valley, Colombia (2026) · Environmental Science and Pollution Research · doi

  Future research should focus on the development of strategies for the mitigation of risks to food security and public health. The study suggests the need for further research on the biotechnological potential of the resident microbiome.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research focus development strategies mitigation risks food
• Soil microbiome in long-term onion cropping systems (2026) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · doi

  There is a lack of understanding of the microbial community in long-term onion cropping systems. The effects of different management practices on the soil microbiome are not well understood.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there lack understanding microbial community long-term onion cropping
• Zoonotic bacteria in the vicinity of animal farms as a factor disturbing the human microbiome: a review (2024) · International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health · cited 5× · doi

  Knowledge on the composition of the microflora of people living in livestock farm vicinity is insufficient to conclude about changes in the microbiome caused by the environmental emission of bioaerosol.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: knowledge composition microflora people living livestock farm vicinity insufficient conclude changes microbiome caused environmental emission
• Habitat fragmentation is associated with dietary shifts and microbiota variability in common vampire bats (2019) · Ecology and Evolution · cited 87× · doi

  Abstract Host ecological factors and external environmental factors are known to influence the structure of gut microbial communities, but few studies have examined the impacts of environmental changes on microbiotas in free‐ranging animals.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: factors environmental abstract host ecological external known influence structure microbial communities examined impacts changes microbiotas

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