Aim Plant growth‐promoting bacteria (PGPB) play crucial roles in supporting plant growth and, therefore, in undisturbed ecosystems and agricultural systems. We aimed to understand how these microbial communities change under different land use and environmental conditions. This is an important prerequisite to utilising the positive impact PGPB may have for sustainable food production. Location 537 sites across Aotearoa New Zea...

Summary Terrestrial and aquatic environments are linked through hydrological networks that transport abiotic components from upslope environments into aquatic ecosystems. However, our understanding of how bacteria are transported through these same networks is limited. Here, we applied 16S rRNA gene sequencing to over 500 soil, stream water and stream sediment samples collected within a native forest catchment to determine the...