Publications

List of publications

2026

Qin C, Kumar S, Elhance J, Manley B, Corrales A, Plyakov A, Stewart J, Kivlin S, Odriozola I, Větrovský T, Kohout P, Baldrian P, Kiers T, Van Nuland M. High-resolution range mapping of mycorrhizal fungal species reveals systematic biases in their protection. Conservation Letters (accepted)

Human ZR, Štursová M, Odriozola I, Větrovský T, Howe AC, Navrátilová D, Lopéz-Mondéjar R, Žifčáková L, Brabcová V, Mundra S, Thoen E, Morgado L, Fiore-Donno AM, Bonkowski M, Adamczyk B, Kohout P, Lipton MS, Pennacchio C, Grigoriev IV, Martin F, Kauserud H, Baldrian P. Comprehensive seasonal multi-omic data from coniferous forest soil. Scientific Data (accepted)

Vlk L, Odriozola I, Pergl J, Větrovský T, Kvasničková J, Krüger C, Petružálková M, Baldrian P, Vojík M, Sádlo J, Petřík P, Pyšek P, Kohout P. From pathogens to partners: Temporal and biogeographical patterns in fungal associations. New Phytologist (accepted)

Shapkin V, Zelenka T, Větrovský T, Kostovčík M, Eichlerova I, Kohout P, Žifčáková L, Borovička J, Tomšovský M, Adamčík S, Baldrian P, Kolařík M. ITS needs friends: comparison of molecular markers in fungal metabarcoding for environmental studies. Molecular Ecology Resources (accepted)

2025

van Galen LG, Smith GR, … Kohout P, …, van den Hoogen J. A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities. Scientific Data 12: 1568.

van Galen LG, Corrales A, Truong C, van den Hoogen J, Kumar S, Manley BF, Stewart JD, Kohout P, Baldrian P, Větrovský T, Crowther TW, Kiers TE, Van Nuland ME. The biogeography and conservation of Earth’s ‘dark’ ectomycorrhizal fungi. Current Biology 35: R563-R574.

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.