The vertical distribution and control of microbial necromass carbon in forest soils

A quantitative assessment of amino sugars in soil profiles

(2020) Xiangyin Ni et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil aggregate microbial communities: Towards understanding microbiome interactions at biologically relevant scales

(2019) Regina L. Wilpiszeski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Direct Observations of the Occlusion of Soil Organic Matter within Calcite

(2019) Jialin Chi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quantitative assessment of microbial necromass contribution to soil organic matter

(2019) Chao Liang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2019) Jordon D. Hemingway et al.   NATURE

Temperature sensitivity of SOM decomposition governed by aggregate protection and microbial communities

(2019) Shuqi Qin et al.   Science Advances

High turnover rate of free phospholipids in soil confirms the classic hypothesis of PLFA methodology

(2019) Yingying Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Stabilization of microbial residues in soil organic matter after two years of decomposition

(2019) Chao Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Direct measurement of the in situ decomposition of microbial-derived soil organic matter

(2019) Yuntao Hu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Amino sugars as specific indices for fungal and bacterial residues in soil

(2018) Rainer Georg Joergensen   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Role of substrate supply on microbial carbon use efficiency and its role in interpreting soil microbial community-level physiological profiles (CLPP)

(2018) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar reduces soil heterotrophic respiration in a subtropical plantation through increasing soil organic carbon recalcitrancy and decreasing carbon-degrading microbial activity

(2018) Yongchun Li et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Atmosphere–soil carbon transfer as a function of soil depth

(2018) Jérôme Balesdent et al.   NATURE

Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome

(2018) Mohammad Bahram et al.   NATURE

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

(2018) Tian Ma et al.   Nature Communications

Pathways of mineral‐associated soil organic matter formation: Integrating the role of plant carbon source, chemistry, and point of entry

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The whole-soil carbon flux in response to warming

(2017) Caitlin E. Hicks Pries et al.   SCIENCE

The macromolecular organic composition of plant and microbial residues as inputs to soil organic matter: Fourteen years on

(2017) Ingrid Kögel-Knabner   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage

(2017) Chao Liang et al.   Nature Microbiology

Microbial carbon use efficiency: accounting for population, community, and ecosystem-scale controls over the fate of metabolized organic matter

(2016) Kevin M. Geyer et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Interaction of minerals, organic matter, and microorganisms during biogeochemical interface formation as shown by a series of artificial soil experiments

(2016) Geertje J. Pronk et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Dual, differential isotope labeling shows the preferential movement of labile plant constituents into mineral-bonded soil organic matter

(2016) Michelle L. Haddix et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The nature and dynamics of soil organic matter: Plant inputs, microbial transformations, and organic matter stabilization

(2016) Eldor A. Paul   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial carbon use efficiency and biomass turnover times depending on soil depth – Implications for carbon cycling

(2016) Marie Spohn et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

(2016) Cynthia M. Kallenbach et al.   Nature Communications

The contentious nature of soil organic matter

(2015) Johannes Lehmann et al.   NATURE

Soil carbon storage controlled by interactions between geochemistry and climate

(2015) Sebastian Doetterl et al.   Nature Geoscience

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

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Faster Decomposition Under Increased Atmospheric CO2 Limits Soil Carbon Storage

(2014) K. J. van Groenigen et al.   SCIENCE

Empirical evidence that soil carbon formation from plant inputs is positively related to microbial growth

(2013) Mark A. Bradford et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Nitrogen deposition promotes the production of new fungal residues but retards the decomposition of old residues in forest soil fractions

(2013) Marco Griepentrog et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global drivers and patterns of microbial abundance in soil

(2013) Hector M. Serna-Chavez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest

(2013) K. E. Clemmensen et al.   SCIENCE

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

(2012) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A global analysis of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

(2012) Xiaofeng Xu et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

(2011) Anja Miltner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

An Absorbing Markov Chain approach to understanding the microbial role in soil carbon stabilization

(2010) Chao Liang et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

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