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Biochar-induced negative carbon mineralization priming effects in a coastal wetland soil: Roles of soil aggregation and microbial modulation

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PGPR strain Paenibacillus polymyxa SQR-21 potentially benefits watermelon growth by re-shaping root protein expression

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Efficacies of designer biochars in improving biomass and nutrient uptake of winter wheat grown in a hard setting subsoil layer

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Biochar-stimulated plant performance is strongly linked to microbial diversity and metabolic potential in the rhizosphere

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Response of microbial functional groups involved in soil N cycle to N, P and NP fertilization in Tibetan alpine meadows

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Effect of crop management and sample year on abundance of soil bacterial communities in organic and conventional cropping systems

(2015) C.H. Orr et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Biochar application rate affects biological nitrogen fixation in red clover conditional on potassium availability

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Refined NrfA Phylogeny Improves PCR-BasednrfAGene Detection

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Denitrification versus respiratory ammonification: environmental controls of two competing dissimilatory NO3−/NO2− reduction pathways in Shewanella loihica strain PV-4

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Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

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Erratum to: Biochar application to a fertile sandy clay loam in boreal conditions: effects on soil properties and yield formation of wheat, turnip rape and faba bean

(2014) Priit Tammeorg et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of Manure Compost Application on Soil Microbial Community Diversity and Soil Microenvironments in a Temperate Cropland in China

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Application of biochars to sandy and silty soil failed to increase maize yield under common agricultural practice

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Litter Supply as a Driver of Microbial Activity and Community Structure on Decomposing Leaves: a Test in Experimental Streams

(2013) A. Frossard et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Impacts of adding biochar on nitrogen retention and bioavailability in agricultural soil

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Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

(2013) Morgan G I Langille et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistance genes in Chinese swine farms

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A regional experiment suggests that soil texture is a major control of N2O emissions from tile-drained winter wheat fields during the fertilization period

(2013) Jiangxin Gu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Application of bio-organic fertilizer can control Fusarium wilt of cucumber plants by regulating microbial community of rhizosphere soil

(2012) Meihua Qiu et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Fungal community dynamics in relation to substrate quality of decaying Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) logs in boreal forests

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community structure and diversity in response to 3-year conservation tillage management in a sandy loam soil in North China

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Soil nitrate reducing processes – drivers, mechanisms for spatial variation, and significance for nitrous oxide production

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Clustering 16S rRNA for OTU prediction: a method of unsupervised Bayesian clustering

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Towards standardization of the description and publication of next-generation sequencing datasets of fungal communities

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The under-recognized dominance of Verrucomicrobia in soil bacterial communities

(2011) Gaddy T. Bergmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

(2011) Johannes Lehmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Studies on the ecology of actinomycetes in an agricultural soil amended with organic residues: II. Assessment of enzymatic activities of Actinomycetales isolates

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Use and understanding of organic amendments in Australian agriculture: a review

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Increased plant uptake of nitrogen from 15N-depleted fertilizer using plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

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Plant biomass, soil water content and soil N:P ratio regulating soil microbial functional diversity in a temperate steppe: A regional scale study

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