Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle

MA Moran, EB Kujawinski, WF Schroer, SA Amin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
One-quarter of photosynthesis-derived carbon on Earth rapidly cycles through a set of short-
lived seawater metabolites that are generated from the activities of marine phytoplankton …

Singlet oxygen quantum yields in environmental waters

R Ossola, OM Jönsson, K Moor, K McNeill - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Singlet oxygen (1O2) is a reactive oxygen species produced in sunlit waters via energy
transfer from the triplet states of natural sensitizers. There has been an increasing interest in …

Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change

A Hu, M Choi, AJ Tanentzap, J Liu, KS Jang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbes regulate the composition and turnover of organic matter. Here we developed a
framework called Energy-Diversity-Trait integrative Analysis to quantify how dissolved …

A new conceptual framework for the transformation of groundwater dissolved organic matter

LK McDonough, MS Andersen, MI Behnke… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Groundwater comprises 95% of the liquid fresh water on Earth and contains a diverse mix of
dissolved organic matter (DOM) molecules which play a significant role in the global carbon …

Wildfire-dependent changes in soil microbiome diversity and function

AR Nelson, AB Narrowe, CC Rhoades, TS Fegel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Forest soil microbiomes have crucial roles in carbon storage, biogeochemical cycling and
rhizosphere processes. Wildfire season length, and the frequency and size of severe fires …

Plastic pollution fosters more microbial growth in lakes than natural organic matter

EA Sheridan, JA Fonvielle, S Cottingham… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Plastic debris widely pollutes freshwaters. Abiotic and biotic degradation of plastics releases
carbon-based substrates that are available for heterotrophic growth, but little is known about …

Mineral protection regulates long-term global preservation of natural organic carbon

JD Hemingway, DH Rothman, KE Grant, SZ Rosengard… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The balance between photosynthetic organic carbon production and respiration controls
atmospheric composition and climate,. The majority of organic carbon is respired back to …

Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds

M Nagasawa, S Mitsui, S En, N Ohtani, M Ohta… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Human-like modes of communication, including mutual gaze, in dogs may have been
acquired during domestication with humans. We show that gazing behavior from dogs, but …

Persistence of dissolved organic matter explained by molecular changes during its passage through soil

VN Roth, M Lange, C Simon, N Hertkorn, S Bucher… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Dissolved organic matter affects fundamental biogeochemical processes in the soil such as
nutrient cycling and organic matter storage. The current paradigm is that processing of …

Soil organic matter characterization by fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR MS): A critical review of sample preparation, analysis, and …

W Bahureksa, MM Tfaily, RM Boiteau… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The biogeochemical cycling of soil organic matter (SOM) plays a central role in regulating
soil health, water quality, carbon storage, and greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, many …