Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry

NW Sokol, E Slessarev, GL Marschmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Soil microorganisms shape global element cycles in life and death. Living soil
microorganisms are a major engine of terrestrial biogeochemistry, driving the turnover of soil …

Deconstructing the microbial necromass continuum to inform soil carbon sequestration

KM Buckeridge, C Creamer, J Whitaker - Functional Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial necromass is a large, dynamic and persistent component of soil organic carbon,
the dominant terrestrial carbon pool. Quantification of necromass carbon stocks and its …

Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits

ME Craig, KM Geyer, KV Beidler, ER Brzostek… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Conceptual and empirical advances in soil biogeochemistry have challenged long-held
assumptions about the role of soil micro-organisms in soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics; …

Stoichiometric regulation of priming effects and soil carbon balance by microbial life strategies

Z Zhu, Y Fang, Y Liang, Y Li, S Liu, Y Li, B Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon and nutrient inputs are required to stimulate the formation and mineralization of soil
organic carbon (SOC) through processes related to microbial growth and priming effects …

Managing uncertainty in soil carbon feedbacks to climate change

MA Bradford, WR Wieder, GB Bonan, N Fierer… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Planetary warming may be exacerbated if it accelerates loss of soil carbon to the
atmosphere. This carbon-cycle–climate feedback is included in climate projections. Yet …

Effects of soil macro-and mesofauna on litter decomposition and soil organic matter stabilization

J Frouz - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil fauna consumes substantial amounts of litter and can even consume the entire annual
litterfall in some ecosystems. The assimilation efficiency of fauna may reach 50% but is …

Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin components in grassland soils

T Ma, S Zhu, Z Wang, D Chen, G Dai, B Feng… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The means through which microbes and plants contribute to soil organic carbon (SOC)
accumulation remain elusive due to challenges in disentangling the complex components of …

A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

MA Bradford, GF Veen, A Bonis, EM Bradford… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Our basic understanding of plant litter decomposition informs the assumptions underlying
widely applied soil biogeochemical models, including those embedded in Earth system …

Improved model simulation of soil carbon cycling by representing the microbially derived organic carbon pool

X Fan, D Gao, C Zhao, C Wang, Y Qu… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
During the decomposition process of soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial products such as
microbial necromass and microbial metabolites may form an important stable carbon (C) …

Thresholds in aridity and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio govern the accumulation of soil microbial residues

Z Hao, Y Zhao, X Wang, J Wu, S Jiang, J **ao… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Microbial moribunds after microbial biomass turnover (microbial residues) contribute to the
formation and stabilization of soil carbon pools; however, the factors influencing their …