Section A: Introduction 1. Trees and their microbial symbionts 2. Trees as microbial habitats: ecological niches offered by tree organs and tissues 3. Methods for studying microbiome of forest trees 4. Abiotic factors affecting the composition of forest tree microbiome 5. Interspecific interactions within microbial communities associated with forest trees 6. Protists in forest ecosystem
Section B: Phyllosphere microbiome 7. Fungal communities of conifer tree needles 8. Fungi associated with broad leaf trees of temperate forests 9. Fungal communities of tropical tree foliage 10. Bacteria biota of tree foliage 11. Microbiome of reproductive organs of trees
Section C: Endosphere 12. Bacterial biota of stems, branches and twigs 13. Fungi inhabiting woody tree tissues (stems, branches and twigs)
Section D: Rhizosphere 14. Microbiome of living roots 15. Mycorrhizal fungi associated with forest trees (ecological and physiological aspects of symbiosis) 16. Dark septate endophytes associated with forest trees 17. Microbiome of forest soil 18. Microbiome of decayed wood and forest litter
Section E: Archaea, viruses in forest ecosystem and microbiota of forest nurseries and tree pests 19. Microbiome of forest tree nurseries 20. Microbiome of forest tree pests (insect vectors) 21. Archaea as components of forest microbiome 22. Viruses as components of forest microbiome
Section F: Challenges and Potentials 23. Translational impact of forest microbiome 24. Major challenges and future perspective