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Distinct response patterns of soil micro-eukaryotic communities to early-season and late-season precipitation in a semiarid grassland Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Yanyan Yu, Jingyi Ru, Binghai Lei, Shijie Han, Shiqiang Wan, Junqiang Zheng
Semiarid ecosystems are susceptible to changes in precipitation regimes. However, how soil micro-eukaryote communities in semi-arid ecosystems respond to variations in the seasonal distribution of precipitation remains elusive. A 5-year field experiment was performed to investigate the effect of changed precipitation distributions throughout the growing season on soil micro-eukaryotic communities in
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Stimulated soil CO2 and CH4 emissions by microplastics: A hierarchical perspective Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Pinjie Su, Naishun Bu, Xingyu Liu, Qiqi Sun, Jiale Wang, Xiaojing Zhang, Tingting Xiang, Kuo Chu, Zhaoxing Zhang, Xiaoxu Cao, Zhaolei Li
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Disturbance intensity shapes the soil micro-food web compositions and energy fluxes during seven-year land use changes Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Xianwen Long, Jie Zhao, Jiangnan Li, Xionghui Liao, Jiachen Wang, Zhiyong Fu, Wei Zhang, Xiajiao Liu, Kelin Wang
Soil micro-food webs play an important role in ecosystem functions through energy flow; they are strongly influenced by land use types. Previous studies have typically utilized the space-for-time substitution or single-time sampling method to reflect the land-use change effects by comparing differences among existing land-use types. These methods would increase random error. Research on how synchronized
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Evidence of complete ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities and their contribution to N2O emissions in typical vegetable fields across China Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Ruiyu Bi, Xintong Xu, Bingxue Wang, Ying Jiao, Qianqian Zhang, Zhengqin Xiong
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Are there different trophic niches of enchytraeids? A stable isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) evidence Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 D.I. Korobushkin, P.A. Guseva, K.B. Gongalsky, R.A. Saifutdinov, A.S. Zaitsev, M.I. Degtyarev
Enchytraeids, also known as pot worms, represent one of the least studied groups of soil mesofauna. These organisms can be found throughout the globe from coasts to deserts reaching high densities and biomass, but their specific roles within the soil food web remain a stark knowledge gap. Enchytraeid species are involved in belowground trophic interactions, which could be distinguished by their morphological
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Restructuring of soil food webs reduces carbon storage potential in boreal peatlands Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Carlos Barreto, Robert Buchkowski, Zoë Lindo
Microbial and faunal decomposers regulate the flux of carbon and nitrogen belowground, thus controlling the storage/release of carbon and nitrogen in soil systems. Warming is anticipated to alter decomposer biomass, and accelerate organismal metabolism and soil carbon release. We parameterized six soil food webs using empirical data for 18 trophic nodes at two boreal peatland sites under three climate
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Exploring viral particle, soil, and extraction buffer physicochemical characteristics and their impacts on extractable viral communities Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Jane D. Fudyma, Anneliek M. ter Horst, Christian Santos-Medellín, Jess W. Sorensen, Grant G. Gogul, Luke S. Hillary, Sara E. Geonczy, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Joanne B. Emerson
Viruses are expected to be pivotal members of soil ecosystems, and recent advances in viral size fraction metagenomic (viromic) approaches have improved our ability to interrogate soil viral ecology. However, viromics relies on extraction buffers to effectively desorb viral particles from the soil matrix for downstream analysis, and viral extraction efficiency could be affected by the interplay between
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Losses of native mineral-associated organic nitrogen through microbial mineralization and gaseous emissions induced by ammonium and nitrate addition Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Suxian Ren, Tianci Huo, Dianjie Wang, Junyi Liang
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Drought accentuates the role of mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake, part II – The intraradical enzymatic response Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Michael Bitterlich, Jan Jansa, Jan Graefe, Richard Pauwels, Radka Sudová, Jana Rydlová, David Püschel
Edaphic drought reduces phosphorus (P) diffusivity in soils and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can compensate for this. We recently showed, along a high-resolution substrate moisture gradient, that AMF effectively deliver P to plants under drought from areas beyond the reach of roots. Here, we investigated how edaphic drought affected the active sites of P exchange between AMF and plants inside
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Deciphering the functional importance of comammox vs. canonical ammonia oxidisers in nitrification and N2O emissions in acidic agricultural soils Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Che Tan, Chang Yin, Lei Zhang, Yu Zeng, Cécile Gubry-Rangin, Hao Chen, Zixiang Gao, Hongyun Peng, Tingqiang Li, Yongchao Liang
The discovery of comammox has altered our perception of the nitrogen biogeochemical cycle. However, their functional importance compared to canonical ammonia oxidisers (i.e., ammonia-oxidising bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA)) in agricultural soils remains elusive, especially in acidic soils. Here, we assessed the functional importance of these functional guilds in nitrification and nitrous oxide (NO)
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Plant invasion alters soil phosphorus cycling on tropical coral islands: Insights from Wollastonia biflora and Chromolaena odorata invasions Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Xianzhen Luo, Nan Liu, Hans Lambers, Hongyue Cai, Enqing Hou, Yao Huang, Shuguang Jian, Yuanwen Kuang, Dazhi Wen, Lingling Zhang
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Assessing energy fluxes and carbon use in soil as controlled by microbial activity - A thermodynamic perspective A perspective paper Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Matthias Kästner, Thomas Maskow, Anja Miltner, Marcel Lorenz, Sören Thiele-Bruhn
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Dominant herbaceous plants contribute to the spatial heterogeneity of beech and riparian forest soils by influencing fungal and bacterial diversity Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Szymon Zubek, Katarzyna Rożek, Dominika Chmolowska, Iñaki Odriozola, Tomáš Větrovský, Kaja Skubała, Priscila Thiago Dobler, Anna M. Stefanowicz, Małgorzata Stanek, Aleksandra Orzechowska, Petr Kohout, Petr Baldrian
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Prolonged drought moderates flood effects on soil nutrient pools across a rainfall gradient Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Jerzy Szejgis, Uffe N. Nielsen, Feike A. Dijkstra, Yolima Carrillo
Climate change is manifesting through increased intensity and frequency of extreme events such as droughts and floods. Drought causes significant stress by limiting water availability, resulting in reduced plant growth and belowground carbon (C) inputs as well as plant nutrient uptake and microbial activity, thus impacting C and nutrient cycling. Severe floods can increase leaching of nutrients, which
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Beyond growth: The significance of non-growth anabolism for microbial carbon-use efficiency in the light of soil carbon stabilisation Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Tobias Bölscher, Cordula Vogel, Folasade K. Olagoke, Katharina H.E. Meurer, Anke M. Herrmann, Tino Colombi, Melanie Brunn, Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta
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Controls of microbial carbon use efficiency along a latitudinal gradient across Europe Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Carla Cruz-Paredes, Johannes Rousk
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Deepened snow cover accelerates litter decomposition by stimulating microbial degradation Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Qinglin Yin, Jiaqi Wu, Xin Wang, Chunlian Qiao, Jing Wang
Changing precipitation patterns and global warming have greatly changed winter snow cover, which can affect litter decomposition process by altering soil microenvironment or microbial biomass and activity. However, it remains unknown how and to what extent snow cover affects litter decomposition during winter and over longer periods of time. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis to synthesize litter decomposition
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Virus decay and community composition in virus-amended sterile soil under slurry and unsaturated conditions Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Zhibo Cheng, Mark Radosevich, Jie Zhuang
Soil viruses are abundant and diverse. The available research suggests viruses play a significant role in shaping the structure and function of soil microbial communities. Their effects are modulated by various environmental factors, including soil temperature, moisture, and geochemical conditions. This study investigated the persistence/inactivation of naturally occurring soil viruses added to sterilized
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Soil metabolomics - current challenges and future perspectives Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Robert W. Brown, Michaela K. Reay, Florian Centler, David R. Chadwick, Ian D. Bull, James E. McDonald, Richard P. Evershed, Davey L. Jones
Soil is an extremely complex and dynamic matrix, in part, due to the wide diversity of organisms living within it. Soil organic matter (SOM) is the fundamental substrate on which the delivery of ecosystem services depends, providing the metabolic fuel to drive soil function. As such, studying the soil metabolome (the diversity and concentration of low molecular weight metabolites), as a subset of SOM
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Thermodynamic control on the decomposition of organic matter across different electron acceptors Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jianqiu Zheng, Timothy D. Scheibe, Kristin Boye, Hyun-Seob Song
The increasing availability of high-resolution characterization of natural organic matter (OM) data has shifted the paradigm of lumped descriptions of OM components and potential microbial activities. Our recent development of a substrate-explicit thermodynamic model uniquely enables incorporating complex OM pools to formulate biogeochemical reaction models based on their elemental compositions. While
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Toward soil carbon storage: The influence of parent material and vegetation on profile-scale microbial community structure and necromass accumulation Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yu-Zhu Li, Xue-Lian Bao, Shi-Xin Tang, Ke-Qing Xiao, Cheng-Jun Ge, Hong-Tu Xie, Hong-Bo He, Carsten W. Mueller, Chao Liang
Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in the accumulation and stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC) through complex processes involving plant residue transformation and mineral interactions. These processes are influenced by plant inputs and modulated by soil properties that are mostly determined by the parent material. However, our understanding is limited regarding the manner in which
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Nitrification-induced acidity controls CO2 emission from soil carbonates Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Jingjing Tao, Lichao Fan, Jianbin Zhou, Callum Colin Banfield, Yakov Kuzyakov, Kazem Zamanian
Nitrification acidifies soil, and the produced H are neutralized by inorganic carbon (C) in soil leading to irreversible CO emissions. CO released by nitrogen (N) fertilizer-induced acidification is partitioned between solid (CaCO re-precipitation), liquid (dissolved HCO and CO) and gaseous (CO) phases. Therefore, quantifying the effects of N fertilization on CO emissions from soil inorganic C is an
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Chronic enhanced nitrogen deposition and elevated precipitation jointly benefit soil microbial community in a temperate forest Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 An Yang, Bo Song, Weixin Zhang, Tianning Zhang, Xiaowei Li, Hongtao Wang, Dong Zhu, Jie Zhao, Shenglei Fu
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From rhizosphere to detritusphere – Soil structure formation driven by plant roots and the interactions with soil biota Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Carsten W. Mueller, Vera Baumert, Andrea Carminati, Amandine Germon, Maire Holz, Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Stephan Peth, Steffen Schlüter, Daniel Uteau, Doris Vetterlein, Pedro Teixeira, Alix Vidal
Roots and the associated soil directly affected by root activity, termed the rhizosphere, have both been extensively studied and recognized for their crucial role in soil functioning. The formation of the rhizosphere is primarily driven by the effect of roots on shaping the physical structure of the soil, which in turn has direct feedbacks on the interactions between physical, biological and chemical
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Microbial mediation of soil carbon loss at the potential climax of alpine grassland under warming Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Zhengxiong Liang, Xue Guo, Suo Liu, Yifan Su, Yufei Zeng, Changyi Xie, Qun Gao, Jiesi Lei, Baochan Li, Mei Wang, Tianjiao Dai, Liyuan Ma, Fenliang Fan, Yunfeng Yang, Xuehua Liu, Jizhong Zhou
Soil in high latitude and altitude cold regions contains over half of soil organic carbon (SOC) globally, so the decomposition of these SOCs under climate warming could release huge amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, amplifying climate warming. However, it is still unclear how the SOC storages will change when the ecosystem reaches the final and stable stage (i.e., the climax) under long-term
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Keystone bacterial functional module activates P-mineralizing genes to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of organic P in a subtropical forest soil with 5-year N addition Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Quanxin Zeng, Josep Peñuelas, Jordi Sardans, Qiufang Zhang, Jiacong Zhou, Kai Yue, Yuehmin Chen, Yusheng Yang, Yuexin Fan
Microorganisms play an integral role in driving phosphorus (P) transformation in forest soils; however, studies on soil P cycling and the molecular mechanisms of microbes activated in response to elevated nitrogen (N) deposition are limited. In this study, we conducted a multilevel field N enrichment experiment in a subtropical P-deficient Moso bamboo () system to evaluate the microbial ecological
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The specific molecular signature of dissolved organic matter extracted from different arctic plant species persists after biodegradation Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Alienor Allain, Marie A. Alexis, Maxime C. Bridoux, Liudmila S. Shirokova, Dahédrey Payandi-Rolland, Oleg S. Pokrovsky, Maryse Rouelle
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a small but very reactive pool of organic matter (OM) in the environment. Its role is related to its composition, which depends on its source. In soils, vegetation is the main source of DOM, and biodegradation is the main regulating mechanism. This study aims to characterise DOM produced by contrasted arctic vegetation species and their biodegradation products.
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D genome acquisition and breeding have had a significant impact on interaction of wheat with ACC deaminase producers in soil or ACC deaminase potential activity in the rhizosphere Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Cécile Gruet, Danis Abrouk, Andreas Börner, Daniel Muller, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz
Rhizosphere functioning depends on plant traits, but the underlying genotypic properties are poorly understood. Wheat has undergone several domestication events combined with genomic hybridization, including the acquisition by (AABB genome) of the D genome from , resulting into bread wheat (AABBDD genome). The D genome is likely to modulate the functioning of beneficial wheat-microbe interactions,
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Soil food web structure coordinated by soil omnivores sustains soil multifunctionality in moderate vermicompost amended fields Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Baijing Zhu, Joann K. Whalen, Jiting Wu, Jiani Yang, Xinrui Mao, Bingbing Wan, Shanyi Tian, Feng Hu, Xiaoyun Chen, Manqiang Liu
Biodiversity can enhance soil multifunctionality through strengthening biotic interactions in soil food webs, but largely unknown in agroecosystems. We therefore predicted that vermicompost, serving as an organic amendment and soil health conditioner, could enhance trophic interactions among bacteria, fungi and nematodes and mediate synergies and trade-offs among soil functions, especially when substituting
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Aridity thresholds of microbiome-soil function relationship along a climatic aridity gradient in alpine ecosystem Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Lu Zhang, Lirong Liao, Feike A. Dijkstra, Xiangtao Wang, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Guobin Liu, Guoliang Wang, Zilin Song, Jie Gu, Chao Zhang
Aridity is known to influence the structure and function of the soil microbiome and their connection with ecosystem functions, however, whether aridity leads to gradual (or abrupt) and systemic (or specific) changes in the microbiome-ecosystem functions relationships in alpine ecosystems is largely unknown. Here, we conducted a survey of 60 sites along an aridity-gradient transect across the Tibetan
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Dual role of silt and clay in the formation and accrual of stabilized soil organic carbon Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Hai-Ruo Mao, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Stephen C. Hart, Benjamin W. Sullivan, Xuefeng Zhu, Jianchao Zhang, Chao Liang, Mengqiang Zhu
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest terrestrial carbon (C) pool and is vulnerable to climate and land-use changes. Promoting the stabilization of SOC will reduce climate change-induced C losses. Mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC), formed by the association of organic carbon with silt- and clay-sized minerals, is the major stabilized SOC fraction and key to sustaining soil health and mitigating
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Nitrate-induced hydroxyl radical releases deep soil organic carbon by opening the ‘enzyme latch’ under micro-aerobic conditions Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Wei Song, Timothy Clough, Honghuan Hou, Shuping Qin
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Microbial nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Benjamin L. Turner, Hans Lambers, Zhihui Wen, Yasha-Maria Auer, Ellen Kandeler
Long-term ecosystem development is characterized by a switch from nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P) limitation of plant communities as soils age, which leads to changes in plant biomass, diversity, and foliar nutrient concentrations. Similar effects occur belowground, although the extent to which nutrient availability is the primary driver of long-term changes in soil microbial communities remains uncertain
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Phosphorus drives adaptive shifts in membrane lipid pools and synthesis between soils Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Charles R. Warren, Orpheus M. Butler
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Defoliation modifies the response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to drought in temperate grassland Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Tianyang Xu, David Johnson, Richard D. Bardgett
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi predominate in grasslands, where they play a key role in enhancing plant water uptake and plant tolerance to drought. However, how plant defoliation, which is common to grazed and cut grasslands, modifies plant and AM fungi responses to drought remains unknown. Here, we examined how defoliation intensity modified plant and AM fungi responses to drought.
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Micronutrients modulate the structure and function of soil bacterial communities Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Rachel M. Shepherd, Angela M. Oliverio
Soil micronutrients are increasingly recognized as critical regulators of biogeochemical cycling and terrestrial ecosystem processes. Despite substantial efforts establishing how belowground microbial communities respond to macronutrients such as N and P, responses to micronutrients remain poorly understood. This is of particular interest in tropical soils, where micronutrients are heterogeneously
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Shifts in C-degradation genes and microbial metabolic activity with vegetation types affected the surface soil organic carbon pool Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Qian Huang, Baorong Wang, Jikai Shen, Fengjing Xu, Na Li, Penghui Jia, Yongjian Jia, Shaoshan An, Isaac Dennis Amoah, Yimei Huang
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Insights into plant interactions and the biogeochemical role of the globally widespread Acidobacteriota phylum Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Osiel S. Gonçalves, Alexia S. Fernandes, Sumaya M. Tupy, Tauanne G. Ferreira, Luciano N. Almeida, Christopher J. Creevey, Mateus F. Santana
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Distinct mechanisms drive plant-nitrifier interactions in topsoil and subsoil Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Di Liang, Niuniu Ji, Angela Kent, Wendy H. Yang
Plants can influence soil microbes through resource acquisition and interference competition, with consequences for ecosystem function such as nitrification. However, how plants alter soil conditions to influence nitrifiers and nitrification rates remains poorly understood, especially in the subsoil. Here, coupling the N isotopic pool dilution technique, high throughput sequencing and soil O monitoring
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The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Noah W. Sokol, Megan M. Foley, Steven J. Blazewicz, Amrita Bhattacharyya, Nicole DiDonato, Katerina Estera-Molina, Mary Firestone, Alex Greenlon, Bruce A. Hungate, Jeffrey Kimbrel, Jose Liquet, Marissa Lafler, Maxwell Marple, Peter S. Nico, Ljiljana Paša-Tolić, Eric Slessarev, Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Soil microorganisms help transform plant inputs into mineral-associated soil organic carbon (SOC) – the largest and slowest-cycling pool of organic carbon on land. However, the microbial traits that influence this process are widely debated. While current theory and biogeochemical models have settled on carbon-use efficiency (CUE) and growth rate as positive predictors of mineral-associated SOC, empirical
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Increase of temperature exacerbates the conversion of P fractions in organic horizon Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Chaoyi Luo, Yanhong Wu, Qingqing He, Jipeng Wang, Haijian Bing
In terrestrial ecosystems, phosphorus (P) is the limiting nutrient of primary production. The soil organic horizon is a vital source of bioavailable P in subalpine coniferous forests. However, the response of organic horizon P to temperature increase in subalpine coniferous forests is not well characterized. By studying different decomposed degree of organic horizon across an altitudinal gradient,
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The influence of soil factors on protist community dynamics during plant succession in subalpine natural and planted forests Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Kai Fang, Na Tang, Jia Liu, Xiao-Ying Zhang, He-Liang He, Wen-Qiang Zhao, Yong-Ping Kou, Qing Liu
Protists, as the core component of the soil microbiome, may play an important role in forest succession by altering soil nutrient cycling and plant performance. However, knowledge of how protists change with plant succession is extremely limited. To illustrate protistan community dynamics following plant succession in subalpine natural and planted ecosystems, we used high-throughput sequencing to identify
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Soil aggregate stability governs field greenhouse gas fluxes in agricultural soils Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Stijn G. van den Bergh, Iris Chardon, Márcio F.A. Leite, Gerard W. Korthals, Jochen Mayer, Mathias Cougnon, Dirk Reheul, Wietse de Boer, Paul L.E. Bodelier
Agriculture is responsible for 30–50% of the yearly CO, CH, and NO emissions. Soils have an important role in the production and consumption of these greenhouse gases (GHGs), with soil aggregates and the inhabiting microbes proposed to function as biogeochemical reactors, processing these gases. Here we studied, for the first time, the relationship between GHG fluxes and aggregate stability as determined
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Simplified microbial network reduced microbial structure stability and soil functionality in alpine grassland along a natural aridity gradient Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Chao Zhang, Shilong Lei, Hongyue Wu, Lirong Liao, Xiangtao Wang, Lu Zhang, Guobin Liu, Guoliang Wang, Linchuan Fang, Zilin Song
Increasing aridity is known to influence the diversity and function of soil microbiome. However, how it affects the microbial co-occurrence network are poorly understood, particularly in alpine ecosystem, which is one of the most vulnerable ecosystems. Here, we investigated the co-occurrence networks of soil microbiomes based on 60 sites along a natural aridity gradient across the Tibetan Plateau and
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Invasive plant competitivity is mediated by nitrogen use strategies and rhizosphere microbiome Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Jie Li, Ji-Zheng He, Min Liu, Zhong-Qing Yan, Xing-Liang Xu, Yakov Kuzyakov
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Facilitation: Isotopic evidence that wood-boring beetles drive the trophic diversity of secondary decomposers Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Bin Tuo, Yu-Kun Hu, Richardus S.P. van Logtestijn, Juan Zuo, Leo Goudzwaard, Mariet M. Hefting, Matty P. Berg, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen
Deadwood heterogeneity is regarded as a primary causal driver of deadwood-associated soil biodiversity, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. This is partly due to the technical difficulties in disentangling and quantifying different components (e.g., deadwood is both habitat and food) of heterogeneity to which soil organisms may have context-dependent responses. Furthermore, non-trophic interactions
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Root-associated Helotiales fungi: Overlooked players in plant nutrition Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Pauline Bruyant, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz, Juliana Almario
Fungi contribute to plant mineral nutrition through diverse symbiotic mycorrhizal associations. Although historically most attention has been put on Glomeromycotina fungi establishing the ancestral arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, other fungal lineages have developed similar but evolutionarily younger associations with plants. The Helotiales, a largely understudied fungal order, is emerging as a key
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Dynamic interplay among soil nutrients, rhizosphere metabolites, and microbes shape drought and heat stress responses in summer maize Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Ao Yuan, Saini Dinesh Kumar, Haotian Wang, Shancong Wang, Somayanda Impa, Hao Wang, Jiameng Guo, Yongchao Wang, Qinghua Yang, Xiao Jun A. Liu, Krishna Jagadish SV, Ruixin Shao
The frequent occurrence of extreme weather events has brought forth significant challenges to the future development of agriculture, and it is imperative to enhance crop resilience to extreme events. In this study, the 16S rRNA sequences and internal transcribed spacers were examined, and non-targeted metabolomics was conducted to characterize variations in summer maize crop rhizosphere microbial diversity
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Alternate wetting-drying had no preferences for rice P uptake but increased microbial P allocation to phospholipids: Evidence from dual 32P and 33P labeling Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Chaoqun Wang, Tianpeng Li, Michaela A. Dippold, Georg Guggenberger, Yakov Kuzyakov, Callum C. Banfield, Jan Muhr, Maxim Dorodnikov
Alternate wetting-drying (AWD) in rice cultivation controls soil redox conditions and consequently nutrient solubility. Under low redox potential, ferric iron reduction leads to bound phosphate (Fe(III)–P) dissolution, but lack of oxygen retards organic phosphorus (P) mineralization. Microorganisms accelerate P mineralization as the redox potential increases during drying, but it is not known which
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Nutrient limitation of soil organic carbon stocks under straw return Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Fei Mo, Dayang Yang, Xiukang Wang, Thomas W. Crowther, Nangia Vinay, Zhongkui Luo, Kailiang Yu, Shikun Sun, Feng Zhang, Youcai Xiong, Yuncheng Liao
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The effects of cadmium-copper stress on the accumulation of antibiotic-resistance genes in soil and pakchoi leaves Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Jiamin Pan, Na Zheng, Qirui An, Yunyang Li, Siyu Sun, Sujing Wang, Yining Ji, Ning Li
Antibiotic resistance and heavy metal contamination are two worldwide environmental concerns. Especially in soil, the interaction between these two pollutants may exacerbate the problem of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) entering the food chain, which can have severe consequences on the environment and the wellness of humankind. This study investigated the influences of cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu)
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Dynamics of N2O production and reduction processes in a soybean field revealed by isotopocule analyses Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Sakae Toyoda, Fadwa Damak, Shohei Hattori, Masanori Takeda, Hiroko Akiyama, Yuma Sasaki, Kiwamu Minamisawa
Agricultural soils are the largest anthropogenic source of atmospheric nitrous oxide (NO) that causes global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion. In addition to the well-known emission associated with fertilization, significant NO emission during the harvest season has been reported for soybean fields. Because soybean production is increasing, it is important to understand the production and
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Simplified estimates of soil nematode body mass using maximum diameter: Insights from large-scale grasslands across China Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Quanhui Ma, Yu Zhu, Ying Chen, Wenjia Wu, Xue Qing, Ting Liu, Yibo Li, Yao Wang, Yanan Li, Deli Wang, Jushan Liu, Ling Wang
Soil nematode biomass is of growing importance in elucidating soil food web structure, ecosystem functioning, and global biogeographical cycling. However, a significant challenge exists in quickly obtaining body mass data for a large number of nematode specimens without compromising measurement quality. Recently, a simplified method has been proposed, utilizing only the maximum diameter of nematodes
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Urbanisation shapes microbial community composition and functional attributes more so than vegetation type in urban greenspaces across climatic zones Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Bangxiao Zheng, Lantian Su, Nan Hui, Ari Jumpponen, D. Johan Kotze, Changyi Lu, Richard Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, David A. Wardle, Ian Yesilonis, Heikki Setälä
Urbanisation, as a global driver of change, modifies the natural environment with well-known consequences to biological communities. Under natural conditions, vegetation drives soil processes in concert with the soil microbial community in their rhizosphere. It remains unclear whether and how vegetation influences these communities in heavily disturbed urban systems where many ecosystem services are
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Mixed plantations with N-fixing tree species maintain ecosystem C:N:P stoichiometry: Implication for sustainable production Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Xianyu Yao, Dafeng Hui, Shuo Xing, Qianchun Zhang, Jingwen Chen, Zihua Li, Yang Xu, Qi Deng
Plant mixtures can enhance soil quality and optimize ecosystem carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) (C:N:P) stoichiometry to support sustainable production; yet this hypothesis has not been thoroughly examined in mixed plantations containing N-fixing tree species (N-fixers). Introduced N-fixers are often used as alternatives to N fertilization in forest plantations but may potentially disrupt
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Biocrusts drive soil respiration across seasons and depths in a cold-winter desert Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Weiqiang Dou, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Bo Xiao
Biocrusts are known to regulate soil respiration in drylands. However, how biocrusts influence the changes in soil respiration across seasons and soil depths is far less understood. This knowledge gap hampers our ability to accurately predict the impacts of biocrust development or disturbance on soil carbon (C) balance in drylands, which covers almost half of the planet. Here, we used solid-state CO
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Preceding crop legacy modulates the early growth of winter wheat by influencing root growth dynamics, rhizosphere processes, and microbial interactions Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Nikolaos Kaloterakis, Mehdi Rashtbari, Bahar S. Razavi, Andrea Braun-Kiewnick, Adriana Giongo, Kornelia Smalla, Charlotte Kummer, Sirgit Kummer, Rüdiger Reichel, Nicolas Brüggemann
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Glyphosate-based restoration of a degraded grassland threatens soil health and the diversity of nematode communities Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 J. Parr McQueen, Eli M.S. Gendron, Adam J. Solon, Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita, Rebecca A. Hufft, Nancy Shackelford, Katharine N. Suding, Steven K. Schmidt, Dorota L. Porazinska
Invasive species have become a dominant component of native grasslands, leading to a reduction in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Grasslands hold the potential to sequester more carbon than forests, yet few large-scale intact grasslands remain on Earth. Consequently, the restoration of degraded grasslands is critical to resurrect the ecological and economic services they once provided. Although
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Transient anoxic conditions boost N2O emissions by stimulating denitrification capacity and decreasing N2O reduction ratio in soils with different carbon substrates Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Shan Zhuang, Junjun Ding, Wei Lin, Qian Zheng, Xinyue Kou, Qiaozhen Li, Chunying Xu, Lili Mao, Yanshuo Pan, Ying Gao, Dongfei Han, Yuzhong Li
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Short-term carbon cycling at a Sphagnum farming site under drought stress Soil Biol. Biochem. (IF 9.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Jan Oestmann, Arndt Piayda, Dominik Düvel, Bärbel Tiemeyer
Paludiculture is a new land use option for degraded peatlands, producing biomass under wet and peat preserving conditions. While previous studies indicate a significant greenhouse gas mitigation potential, the impact of bryophyte and vascular plant species on carbon cycling is not yet fully understood, especially under drought stress and climate warming conditions. In July 2018, we conducted a pulse