Coupled iron cycling and organic matter transformation across redox interfaces

H Dong, Q Zeng, Y Sheng, C Chen, G Yu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Soils and sediments are major reservoirs of organic matter (OM), whose dynamic turnover
has a major impact on carbon cycling and global climate. OM in soils and sediments is …

[HTML][HTML] Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in regulating growth, enhancing productivity, and potentially influencing ecosystems under abiotic and biotic stresses

A Wahab, M Muhammad, A Munir, G Abdi, W Zaman… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of nearly all
land-dwelling plants, increasing growth and productivity, especially during abiotic stress …

Introducing the soil mineral carbon pump

KQ **ao, Y Zhao, C Liang, M Zhao, OW Moore… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
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content Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support …

Mineral-bound trace metals as cofactors for anaerobic biological nitrogen fixation

Y Sheng, O Baars, D Guo, J Whitham… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenase is the only known biological enzyme capable of reducing N2 to bioavailable
NH3. Most nitrogenases use Mo as a metallocofactor, while alternative cofactors V and Fe …

Spatiotemporal successions of N, S, C, Fe, and as cycling genes in groundwater of a wetland ecosystem: enhanced heterogeneity in wet season

X Chen, Y Sheng, G Wang, P Zhou, F Liao, H Mao… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Microorganisms in wetland groundwater play an essential role in driving global
biogeochemical cycles. However, largely due to the dynamics of spatiotemporal surface …

Unrecognized role of organic acid in natural attenuation of pollutants by mackinawite (FeS): the significance of carbon-center free radicals

K Li, S Ma, C Zou, J Latif, Y Jiang, Z Ni… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organic acid is prevalent in underground environments and, against the backdrop of
biogeochemical cycles on Earth, holds significant importance in the degradation of …

The contribution of living organisms to rock weathering in the critical zone

B Wild, R Gerrits, S Bonneville - npj Materials degradation, 2022 - nature.com
Rock weathering is a key process in global elemental cycling. Life participates in this
process with tangible consequences observed from the mineral interface to the planetary …

Rhizosphere microorganisms supply availability of soil nutrients and induce plant defense

W Thepbandit, D Athinuwat - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Plant health is necessary for food security, which is a key determinant of secure and
sustainable food production systems. Deficiency of soil nutrients and invasion of plant …

Microbial reduction of Fe (III) in nontronite: role of biochar as a redox mediator

H Dong, ES Coffin, Y Sheng, ML Duley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar naturally occurs in soils and sediments as a result of wildfire, but its role in Fe redox
cycling is poorly known. In this study, bioreduction experiments were conducted with lactate …

Photocatalytic material–microorganism hybrid systems in water decontamination

J Ming, SQ Ni, Z Guo, ZB Wang, L **e - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
Biological processes are widely used technologies for water decontamination, but they are
often limited by insufficient bioavailable carbon sources or biorecalcitrant contaminants. The …