Revisiting the hypothesis that fungal-to-bacterial dominance characterizes turnover of soil organic matter and nutrients

Priming of the decomposition of ageing soil organic matter: concentration dependence and microbial control

(2014) Johannes Rousk et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Disentangling the mechanisms underlying functional differences among decomposer communities

(2014) Ashley D. Keiser et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Pathways of litter C by formation of aggregates and SOM density fractions: Implications from 13C natural abundance

(2014) Anna Gunina et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Litter and Root Manipulations Provide Insights into Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Stability

(2014) Kate Lajtha et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Feather moss nitrogen acquisition across natural fertility gradients in boreal forests

(2013) Kathrin Rousk et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Spatial variability of soil fungal and bacterial abundance: Consequences for carbon turnover along a transition from a forested to clear-cut site

(2013) Carolyn Churchland et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The effects of glucose loading rates on bacterial and fungal growth in soil

(2013) Stephanie Reischke et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Global soil carbon projections are improved by modelling microbial processes

(2013) William R. Wieder et al.   Nature Climate Change

A trait-based approach for modelling microbial litter decomposition

(2012) S. D. Allison   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?

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

The below-ground perspective of forest plants: soil provides mainly organic nitrogen for plants and mycorrhizal fungi

(2012) Erich Inselsbacher et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Extensive Management Promotes Plant and Microbial Nitrogen Retention in Temperate Grassland

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   PLoS One

Linking microbial community to soil water-stable aggregation during crop residue decomposition

(2012) C. Le Guillou et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Growth of saprotrophic fungi and bacteria in soil

(2011) Johannes Rousk et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Soil carbon release enhanced by increased tropical forest litterfall

(2011) Emma J. Sayer et al.   Nature Climate Change

Amino acid cycling in plankton and soil microbes studied with radioisotopes: measured amino acids in soil do not reflect bioavailability

(2010) John E. Hobbie et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: plant species and community effects

(2010) T. M. Bezemer et al.   ECOLOGY

Labile soil carbon inputs mediate the soil microbial community composition and plant residue decomposition rates

(2010) Marie-Anne de Graaff et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shifts in bacterial community structure associated with inputs of low molecular weight carbon compounds to soil

(2010) Kathryn G. Eilers et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Michael S. Strickland et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature

(2010) Liliane Ruess et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

How to live at very low substrate concentration

(2010) Thomas Egli   WATER RESEARCH

Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization

(2009) J. Rousk et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

Global patterns in belowground communities

(2009) Noah Fierer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Sources of plant-derived carbon and stability of organic matter in soil: implications for global change

(2009) SUSAN E. CROW et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of real and apparent priming effects and their dependence on soil microbial biomass and community structure: critical review

(2008) Е. Blagodatskaya et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS