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Prof. Dr. Michael Bonkowski

- Verified email at uni-koeln.de - Cited by 18192

Michael Bonkowski

- Verified email at northwestern.edu - Cited by 5195

Protozoa and plant growth: the microbial loop in soil revisited

M Bonkowski - New Phytologist, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… Kreuzer & M. Bonkowski, unpublished). These changes in root architecture correspond to
hormonal effects on root growth by beneficial rhizobacteria rather than nutrient effects (Boot & …

Slowing ageing by design: the rise of NAD+ and sirtuin-activating compounds

MS Bonkowski, DA Sinclair - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
The sirtuins (SIRT1–7) are a family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + )-dependent
deacylases with remarkable abilities to prevent diseases and even reverse aspects of …

Soil protists: a fertile frontier in soil biology research

…, S Adl, M Bonkowski, M Dunthorn… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… 2015c; Geisen and Bonkowski 2017). Protist genetic markers that are most frequently targeted
include parts of the gene for the 18S ribosomal RNA, such as the hyper-variable V4 or V9 …

[PDF][PDF] Loss of epigenetic information as a cause of mammalian aging

…, M Hayano, PT Griffin, JA Amorim, MS Bonkowski… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
All living things experience an increase in entropy, manifested as a loss of genetic and
epigenetic information. In yeast, epigenetic information is lost over time due to the relocalization …

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

…, C Roscher, A Weigelt, E Allan, H Beßler, M Bonkowski… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Biodiversity is rapidly declining 1 , and this may negatively affect ecosystem processes 2 ,
including economically important ecosystem services 3 . Previous studies have shown that …

Reprogramming to recover youthful epigenetic information and restore vision

…, C Wang, DL Vera, Q Zeng, D Yu, MS Bonkowski… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Ageing is a degenerative process that leads to tissue dysfunction and death. A proposed cause
of ageing is the accumulation of epigenetic noise that disrupts gene expression patterns, …

Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

…, W Ahmad, WS Andriuzzi, RD Bardgett, M Bonkowski… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
… 1 m 3 ’. Finally, the new units after multiplication are the ‘number of nematodes per 1 m 3 of
soil’. Next, we multiplied this value by 0.15 m to compute the ‘number of nematodes per 1 m

[HTML][HTML] Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

…, S Uroz, A Winding, MJ Bailey, M Bonkowski… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem
functioning in terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies have considered soil biota as a …

Long-term organic farming fosters below and aboveground biota: Implications for soil quality, biological control and productivity

K Birkhofer, TM Bezemer, J Bloem, M Bonkowski… - Soil Biology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Organic farming may contribute substantially to future agricultural production worldwide by
improving soil quality and pest control, thereby reducing environmental impacts of …

Impacts of soil faunal community composition on model grassland ecosystems

…, RD Bardgett, HIJ Black, B Boag, M Bonkowski… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Human impacts, including global change, may alter the composition of soil faunal communities,
but consequences for ecosystem functioning are poorly understood. We constructed …