The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage

Impacts of vegetation type and climatic zone on neutral sugar distribution in natural forest soils

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

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From humic substances to soil organic matter–microbial contributions. In honour of Konrad Haider and James P. Martin for their outstanding research contribution to soil science

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Understanding the incremental value of novel diagnostic tests for tuberculosis

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Microbial contribution to SOM quantity and quality in density fractions of temperate arable soils

(2015) Marie Ludwig et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Fate of ectomycorrhizal fungal biomass in a soil bioreactor system and its contribution to soil organic matter formation

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Marine sequestration of carbon in bacterial metabolites

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Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy Study of Mineral-Organic Matter Associations in Pasture Soil Clay Fractions

(2014) Chunmei Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Accelerated microbial turnover but constant growth efficiency with warming in soil

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The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon

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Micro- and nano-environments of carbon sequestration: Multi-element STXM–NEXAFS spectromicroscopy assessment of microbial carbon and mineral associations

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The origin of litter chemical complexity during decomposition

(2012) Kyle Wickings et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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?

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

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Litter chemistry changes more rapidly when decomposed at home but converges during decomposition–transformation

(2012) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Warming and nitrogen deposition lessen microbial residue contribution to soil carbon pool

(2012) Chao Liang et al.   Nature Communications

Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil

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SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

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Vegetation Effects on Soil Organic Matter Chemistry of Aggregate Fractions in a Hawaiian Forest

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Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

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

(2010) Chao Liang et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Rhizosphere priming effect increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition

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Biosequestration of carbon by heterotrophic microorganisms

(2010) Ronald Benner   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: implications for productivity and climate policy

(2010) Chao Liang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean

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Considering fungal:bacterial dominance in soils – Methods, controls, and ecosystem implications

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Soil priming by sugar and leaf-litter substrates: A link to microbial groups

(2009) Andrew T. Nottingham et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Sequential density fractionation across soils of contrasting mineralogy: evidence for both microbial- and mineral-controlled soil organic matter stabilization

(2009) Phillip Sollins et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition

(2009) Michael S. Strickland et al.   ECOLOGY

Decomposition of maize residues after manipulation of colonization and its contribution to the soil microbial biomass

(2008) Martin Potthoff et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Microbial contributions to climate change through carbon cycle feedbacks

(2008) Richard D Bardgett et al.   ISME Journal

Spatial complexity of soil organic matter forms at nanometre scales

(2008) Johannes Lehmann et al.   Nature Geoscience

Molecular C dynamics downstream: The biochemical decomposition sequence and its impact on soil organic matter structure and function

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