2025

Stewart JD, Corrales A, Canteiro C, Qin C, Gupta MM, Otgonsuren B, Peña-Venegas CP, Clara P, Van Nuland ME, Kokkoris V, Kohout P, Větrovský T, Manley BF. Advancing knowledge on the biogeography of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to support Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land. FEMS Microbiology Letters (accepted)

Moravcová A, Barbi F, Algora C, Tosadori G, Macek P, Albrechtová J, Baldrian P, Kohout P. Contrasting stability of fungal and bacterial communities during long-term decomposition of fungal necromass in Arctic tundra. Environmental Microbiome (accepted)

Van Nuland ME, Averill C, Stewart JD, Prylutskyi O, Tedersoo L, Větrovský T, Kohout P, Baldrian P, Crowther TW, Manley BF, Corrales A, van Galen LG, Qin C, Weedon J, Lauber T, Mikryukov V, Dulia O, Kiers TE, SPUN Consortium, van den Hoogen J. Global Hotspots of Mycorrhizal Fungal Richness are Poorly Protected. Nature (accepted)

Nouwen O, Rineau F, Kohout P, Baldrian P, Eisenhauer N, Beenaerts N, Thijs S, Vangronsveld J, Soudzilovskaia NA. Towards understanding the impact of mycorrhizal fungal environments on the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (accepted)

Barbi F, Martinović T, Odriozola I, Machac A, Moravcová A, Algora C, Ballian D, Barthold S, Brabcová V, Hollá SA, Human Z, Kraigher H, Lazarević J, Lepinay C, Mészárošová L, Morais DK, Nikolov N, Thoen E, Tláskal V, Větrovský T, Baldrian P, Kohout P. Fungal diversity patterns vary between elevational and latitudinal gradients across Europe. New Phytologist 247: 295-308.

Moora M, Davison J, Kohout P, Zobel M. Mycorrhizal influences on plant ecology across scales. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1: 262–273.

2024

Mészárošová L, Kuťáková E, Kohout P, Münzbergová Z, Baldrian P. Closing the gap: Examining the impact of source habitat proximity on plant and soil microbial communities in post-mining spoil heap succession. Frontiers in Microbiology 15: 1416515.

Richy E, Fort T, Odriozola I, Kohout P, Martinovic T, Tupek B, Adamczyk B, Lehtonen A, Mäkipää R, Baldrian P. Phosphorus limitation promotes soil carbon storage in a boreal forest exposed to long-term nitrogen fertilisation. Global Change Biology 30: e17516.

Dostálek T, Rydlová J, Kohout P, Kuťáková E, Kolaříková Z, Frouz J, Münzbergová Z. Beyond the rootzone: Unveiling soil property and biota gradients around plants. Science of the Total Environment 949: 175032.

Kohout P, Sudová R, Odriozola I, Kvasničková J, Petružálková M, Hadincová V, Krahulec F,  Pecháčková S, Skálová H, Herben T. Accumulation of pathogens in soil microbiome can explain long-term fluctuations of legumes in a grassland community. New Phytologist 244: 235-248.

Lepinay C, Větrovský T, Chytrý M, Dřevojan P, Fejmon K, Cajthaml T, Kohout P, Baldrian P. Effect of plant communities on bacterial and fungal communities in a Central European grassland. Environmental Microbiome 19: 42.

Baldrian P, Pennanen T, Kohout P, Fritze H. Editorial: Theme issue on the ecology of soil macroorganisms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100: fiae032.

Zubek S, Rozek K, Chmolowska D, Odriozola I, Větrovský T, Skubała K, Thiago Dobler P, Stefanowicz AM, Stanek M, Orzechowska A, Kohout P, Baldrian P. Dominant herbaceous plants shape fungal and bacterial diversity contributing to spatial heterogeneity of beech and riparian forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 193: 109405

Hyde KD, Baldrian P, Chen Y, Chethana KWT, De Hoog S, Doilom M, Gomes de Farias AR, Gonçalves MFM, Gonkhom D, Gui H, Hilário S, Hu Y, Ruvishika JS, Khyaju S, Kirk PM, Kohout P, Luangharn T, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Manawasinghe IS, Mortimer PE, Niego AGT, Phonemany M, Sandargo B, Senanayake IC, Stadler M, Surup F, Thongklang N, Wanasinghe DN, Bahkali AH, Walker A. Current trends, limitations and future research in the fungi? Fungal Diversity 125: 1-71.

Gao C, Bezemer M, van Bodegom P, Baldrian P, Kohout P, Mancinelli R, van der Hagen H, Soudzilovskaia N. Soil microbes are passengers in the community development of early successional dune ecosystems. Ecology 105: e4312.

Mészárošová L, Kuťáková E, Kohout P, Münzbergová Z, Baldrian P. Plant effects on microbiome composition are constrained by environmental conditions in a successional grassland. Environmental Microbiome 19: 8.

Maillard F, Colin Y, Viotti C, Buée M, Brunner I, Brabcová V, Kohout P, Baldrian P, Kennedy PG. A cryptically diverse microbial community drives organic matter decomposition in forests. Applied Soil Ecology 193: 105148.

2023

Mikryukov V, Dulya O, Zizka A, … Kohout P, …, Tedersoo L. Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity. Science Advances 48: eadj8016.

Větrovský T, Kolaříková Z, Lepinay C, Awokunle Hollá S, Davison J, Gromyko A, Jelínková B, Kolařík M, Krüger M, Lejsková R, Michalčíková M, Michalová T, Moora M, Moravcová A, Moulíkov Š, Odriozola I, Öpik M, Pappová M, Piché-Choquette S, Popelářová A, Skřivánek J, Vlk L, Zobel M, Baldrian P, Kohout P. GlobalAMFungi: a global database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal occurrences from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies. New Phytologist 240: 2151-2163.

Baldrian P, Kohout P, Větrovský T. Global Fungal Diversity Estimated from High-Throughput Sequencing. Evolution of Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms 227-238.

Le AV, Větrovský T, Barucic D, Saraiva JP, Kohout P, Pospíšek M, da Rocha UN, Kléma J, Baldrian P. Improved recovery and annotation of genes in metagenomes through the prediction of fungal introns. Molecular Ecology Resources 23: 1800-1811.

Aguilar-Trigueros CA, Krah FS, Cornwell WC, Abrego N, Anderson IC, Andrew CJ, Baldrian P, Bässler C, Bissett A, Chaudhary VB, Chen B, Chen Y, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Deveautour C, Egidi E, Flores-Moreno H, Golan J, Heilmann-Clausen J, Hempel S, Hu Y, Kauserud H, Kivlin SN, Kohout P, Lammel DR, Maestre FT, Pringle A, Purhonen J, Singh BK, Veresoglou SD, Větrovský T, Zanne AE, Zhang H, Rillig MC, Powell JR. Symbiotic status alters fungal eco-evolutionary offspring trajectories. Ecology Letters 26: 1523-1534.

Baldrian P, Lopez-Mondejar R, Kohout P. Forest microbiome and global change. Nature Microbiology Reviews 21: 487–501.

Moravcová A, Barbi F, Brabcová V, Cajthaml T, Martinović T, Soudzilovskaia N, Vlk L, Baldrian P, Kohout P. Climate driven shifts in plant and fungal communities can lead to soil carbon loss in alpine ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 99 (5), fiad041.

Rozek K, Chmolowska D, Odriozola I, Větrovský T, Rola K, Kohout P, Baldrian P, Zubek S. Soil fungal and bacterial community structure in monocultures of fourteen tree species of the temperate zone. Forest Ecology and Management 530: 120751.

2022

Martinović T, Kohout P, López-Mondéjar R, Algora CG, Starke R, Tomšovský M, Baldrian P. Bacterial community in soil and tree roots of Picea abies shows little response to clearcutting. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 98: fiac118.  

Tedersoo L, Mikryukov V, Zizka A, … , Kohout P, …, Kõljalg U, Abarenkov K. Towards understanding diversity, endemicity and global change vulnerability of soil fungi. Global Change Biology 28: 6696-6710.

Boeraeve M, Kohout P, Ceulemans T, Cajthaml T, Tedersoo L, Jacquemyn H Changes in the root microbiome of four plant species with different mycorrhizal types across a nitrogen deposition gradient in ombrotrophic bogs. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 169: 108673.

Averill C, Anthony MC, Baldrian P, Finkbeiner F, van den Hoogen J, Kiers T, Kohout P, Hirt E, Smith GR, Crowther T. Defending Earth’s terrestrial microbiome. Nature Microbiology 7: 1717-1725.

Fernández N, Knoblochová T, Kohout P, Janoušková M, Cajthaml T, Frouz J, Rydlová J Asymmetric interaction between two mycorrhizal fungal guilds and consequences for the establishment of their host plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 873204.

Baldrian P, Bell-Dereske L, Lepinay C, Větrovský T, Kohout P Fungal communities in soils under global change. Studies in Mycology 103: 1-24.

Kračmarová M, Uhlík O, Strejček M, Szaková J, Černý J, Balík J,  Tlustoš P,  Kohout P, Demnerova K, Stiborova H. Soil microbial communities following 20 years of fertilization and crop rotation practices in the Czech Republic. Environmental Microbiome 17: 1-18.

Baldrian P, Větrovský T, Lepinay C, Kohout P. The high-throughput sequencing view on the magnitude of global fungal diversity. Fungal Diversity 114: 539-547.

2021

Odriozola I, Navrátilová D, Tláskalová P, Klinerová T, Červenková Z, Kohout P, Větrovský T, Čížková P, Starý M, Baldrian P. Complex sets of drivers determine soil mycobiome productivity and composition in temperate mountainous forests in Central Europe. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 161: 108366.

Martinović T, Odriozola I, Mašínová T, Bahnmann BD, Kohout P, Sedlák P, Merunková K, Větrovský T, Tomšovský M, Ovaskainen O, Baldrian P. Temporal turnover of the soil microbiome composition is guild-specific. Ecology Letters 24: 2726-2738.

Kolaříková Z, Slavíková R, Krüger C, Krüger M, Kohout P. PacBio sequencing of Glomeromycota rDNA: a novel amplicon covering all widely used ribosomal barcoding regions and its applicability in taxonomy and ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist 231: 490-499

Davison J, Moora M, Semchenko M, Adenan S, Ahmed T, Akhmetzhanova A, Alatalo J, Alquraishi S, Andriyanova E, Anslan S, Bahram M, Batbaatar A, Brown C, Bueno CG, Cahill JF, Cantero JJ, Casper B, Cherosov M, Coelho A, Coghill M, Decocq G, Dudov S, Fabiano E, Fedosov V, Fraser L, Glassman S, Helm A, Henry H, Hérault B, Hiiesalu I, Hiiesalu I, Hozzein W, Kohout P, Koljalg U, Koorem K, Laanisto L, Mander Ü, Mucina L, Munyampundu JP, Neuenkamp L, Niinemets Ü, Nyamukondiwa C, Oja J, Onipchenko V, Pärtel M, Phosri C, Põlme S, Püssa K, Ronk A, Saitta A, Semboli O, Sepp SK, Seregin A, Soliman S, Sudheer S, Venegas C, Paz C, Vahter T, Vasar M, Veraart A, Tedersoo L, Zobel M, Öpik M. Temperature and pH define the realized niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist

Sudová R, Rydlová J, Čtvrtlíková M, Kohout P, Oehl F, Voříšková J, Kolaříková Z. Symbiosis of isoetid plant species with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under aquatic versus terrestrial conditions. Mycorrhiza 31, 273–288.

Kohout P, Sudová R, Brabcová V, Vosolsobě S, Baldrian P, Albrechtová J. Forest microhabitat affects succession of fungal communities on decomposing tree roots. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 541583. 

Marín C, Kohout P. Response of soil fungal ecological guilds to global changes. New Phytologist 229: 656-658.

2020

Odriozola I, Martinovic T, Bahnmann BD, Ryšánek D, Mašínová T, Sedlák P, Merunková K, Kohout P, Tomšovský M, Baldrian P Stand age affects fungal community composition in a Central European temperate forest. Fungal Ecology 48: 100985.

Põlme S, Abarenkov K, Nilsson RH, Lindahl B, …, Kohout P, …, Leho Tedersoo. FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles. Fungal Diversity 105: 1-16.

Štursová M, Kohout P, Human ZR, Baldrian P. Production of fungal mycelia in a temperate coniferous forest shows distinct seasonal patterns. Journal of Fungi 6: 190.

Větrovský T, Morais D, Kohout P, Lepinay C, Algora CG, Awokunle Hollá S, Bahnmann BD, Bílohnědá K, Brabcová V, D’Aló F, Human ZR, Jomura M, Kolařík M, Lladó S, López-Mondéjar R, Martinović T, Mašínová T, Meszárošová L, Michalčíková L, Michalová T, Mudra S, Navrátilová D, Odriozola I, Piché-Choquette S, Štursová M, Švec K, Tláskal V, Urbanová M, Vlk L, Voříšková J, Žifčáková L, Baldrian P. GlobalFungi: Global database of fungal records from high-throughput-sequencing metabarcoding studies. Scientific Data 7: 228

Vlk L, Tedersoo L, Antl T, Větrovský T, Abarenkov K, Pergl J, Vosátka M, Albrechtová J, Pyšek P, Baldrian P, Kohout P Alien ectomycorrhizal plants differ in their ability to interact with co-introduced and native ectomycorrhizal fungi in novel sites. The ISME Journal 14: 2336–2346

Vogt-Schilb H, Těšitelová T, Kotilínek M, Sucháček P, Kohout P, Jersáková J Altered rhizoctonia assemblages in grasslands on ex‐arable land support germination of mycorrhizal generalist, not specialist orchids. New Phytologist 227: 1200-1212

Vlk L, Tedersoo L, Antl T, Větrovský T, Abarenkov K, Pergl J, Vosátka M, Albrechtová J, Pyšek P, Baldrian P, Kohout P Early successional ectomycorrhizal fungi are more likely to become alien than other ectomycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist 227: 2189-2193

Sudová R, Kohout P, Rydlová J, Čtvrtlíková M, Suda J, Voříšková J, Kolaříková Z. Diverse and host-specific fungal communities associated with the roots of isoetid plants from six Norwegian softwater lakes. Fungal Ecology 45:100914.

Pawlik L, Buma B, Šamonil P, Kvaček J, Gałązka A, Kohout P, Malik I. Impact of trees and forests on the Devonian landscape and weathering processes with implications to the global Earth’s system properties – A critical review. Earth-Science Reviews 205: 103200.

2019

Větrovský T*, Kohout P*, Kopecký M, Macháč A, Man M, Bahnmann BD, Brabcová V, Choi J, Harantová L, Human ZR, Lepinay C, Lladó S, López-Mondéjar R, Martinović T, Mašínová T, Morais D, Navrátilová D, Odriozola I, Štursová M, Švec K, Tláskal V, Urbanová M, Wan J, Žifčáková L, Howe AC, Ladau J, Peay KG, Storch D, Wild J, Baldrian P A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns. Nature Communications 10: 1-9. *Joint first authorship

Navrátilová D, Tláskalová P, Kohout P, Dřevojan P, Fajmon K, Chytrý M, Baldrian P. Diversity of fungi and bacteria in species-rich grasslands increases with plant diversity in shoots but not in roots and soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95: 208.

Jansa J, Kohout P. Ecology of mycorrhizas in Anthropocene. Fungal Ecology 40: 1-3.

2018

Sudová R, Kohout P, Kolaříková Z, Rydlová J, Voříšková J, Suda J, Španiel S, Müller-Schärer H, Mráz P. Sympatric diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of Centaurea stoebe s.l. do not differ in arbuscular mycorrhizal communities and mycorrhizal growth response. American Journal of Botany 105: 1995 – 2007.

Janoušková M, Kohout P, Moradi J, Doubková P, Frouz J, Vosolsobě S, Rydlová J. Microarthropods influence the composition of rhizospheric fungal communities by stimulating specific taxa. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122: 120-130.

Kohout P, Charvátová M, Štursová M, Mašínová T, Tomšovský M, Baldrian P. Clearcutting alters decomposition processes and initiates complex restructuring of fungal communities in soil and tree roots. The ISME Journal 12: 692-703.

Põlme S, Bahram M, Jacquemyn H, Kennedy P, Kohout P, Moora M, Oja J, Öpik M, Pecoraro L, Tedersoo L. Host preference and network properties in biotrophic symbiotic plant-fungal associations. New Phytologist 217: 1230-1239.