Emerging multiscale insights on microbial carbon use efficiency in the land carbon cycle

X He, E Abs, SD Allison, F Tao, Y Huang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) affects the fate and storage of carbon in terrestrial
ecosystems, but its global importance remains uncertain. Accurately modeling and …

Choreographing root architecture and rhizosphere interactions through synthetic biology

CJ Ragland, KY Shih, JR Dinneny - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change is driving extreme changes to the environment, posing substantial threats to
global food security and bioenergy. Given the direct role of plant roots in mediating plant …

Promotion of humic acid transformation by abiotic and biotic Fe redox cycling in nontronite

D Hu, Q Zeng, J Zhu, C He, Q Shi… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The redox activity of Fe-bearing minerals is coupled with the transformation of organic matter
(OM) in redox dynamic environments, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this …

Predictions of rhizosphere microbiome dynamics with a genome-informed and trait-based energy budget model

GL Marschmann, J Tang, K Zhalnina, U Karaoz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil microbiomes are highly diverse, and to improve their representation in biogeochemical
models, microbial genome data can be leveraged to infer key functional traits. By integrating …

Unveiling the deterministic dynamics of microbial meta-metabolism: a multi-omics investigation of anaerobic biodegradation

X Yang, K Feng, S Wang, MM Yuan, X Peng, Q He… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Microbial anaerobic metabolism is a key driver of biogeochemical cycles,
influencing ecosystem function and health of both natural and engineered environments …

[HTML][HTML] The hidden risk: Changes in functional potentials of microbial keystone taxa under global climate change jeopardizing soil carbon storage in alpine …

Z Li, X Guo, Y Ma, B Hu, Y Yang, H Tian, X Liu… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is endangering the soil carbon stock of alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-
Tibetan Plateau (QTP), but the limited comprehension regarding the mechanisms that …

Global prediction of soil microbial growth rates and carbon use efficiency based on the metabolic theory of ecology

D Gao, E Bai, D Wasner, F Hagedorn - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil microbial growth rate and microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) are critical parameters
of soil microbial carbon metabolism, moderating soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics …

Comparative transcriptomic insights into key genes for biomass production and lipid synthesis in Chlorella sorokiniana mutated by argon and air atmospheric and …

H Li, X Sun, W Li, L Ye, X Sun, R Hao, X Guo - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metabolic mechanisms driving rapid lipid production in atmospheric and room temperature
plasma-mutagenized Chlorella sorokiniana remain unclear, hindering improvement in lipid …

Community composition and physiological plasticity control microbial carbon storage across natural and experimental soil fertility gradients

OM Butler, S Manzoni, CR Warren - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Many microorganisms synthesise carbon (C)-rich compounds under resource deprivation.
Such compounds likely serve as intracellular C-storage pools that sustain the activities of …

Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions

A Canarini, L Fuchslueger, J Schnecker… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbial growth is central to soil carbon cycling. However, how microbial communities grow
under climate change is still largely unexplored. Here we use a unique field experiment …