AUTHOR=Li Huai , Chi Zifang , Li Jiuling , Luo Yihao TITLE=Editorial: Microbial ecological and biogeochemical processes in the soil-vadose zone-groundwater habitats, volume III JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=Volume 16 - 2025 YEAR=2026 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1763007 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2025.1763007 ISSN=1664-302X