Microbial carbon use efficiency predicted from genome-scale metabolic models [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Microbial respiration releases carbon from the soil. Here, the authors estimate bacterial carbon use efficiency in soils for over 200 species using constraint-based modeling, incorporate the values into an ecosystem model, and find that shifts in ...
Mustafa Saifuddin +3 more
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Soil Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency in Natural Terrestrial Ecosystems [PDF]
BiologySoil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is the ratio of carbon allocated to microbial growth to that taken up by microorganisms. Soil microbial CUE affects terrestrial ecosystem processes such as greenhouse gas emissions, carbon turnover, and ...
Weirui Yu +5 more
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Biotic and abiotic factors affecting soil microbial carbon use efficiency [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceSoil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) refers to the efficiency of microorganisms in converting absorbed carbon into their own biomass carbon. Soil microbial CUE is a key parameter to understanding the soil carbon cycle.
Xinyu Tang +8 more
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Emerging multiscale insights on microbial carbon use efficiency in the land carbon cycle [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMicrobial carbon use efficiency (CUE) affects the fate and storage of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, but its global importance remains uncertain.
Xianjin He +23 more
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Thermal sensitivity of soil microbial carbon use efficiency across forest biomes [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsUnderstanding the large-scale pattern of soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and its temperature sensitivity (CUET) is critical for understanding soil carbon–climate feedback.
Chengjie Ren +12 more
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Soil Microbial Life History Strategies Drive Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency Following Afforestation [PDF]
MicroorganismsSoil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is the core of the soil carbon (C) cycle that captures a dual microbial control point between soil organic C (SOC) accumulation and loss.
Hongyan Cheng +5 more
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Geoderma, 2023 Soil microbial growth, respiration, and carbon (C) use efficiency (CUE) are essential parameters to understand, describe and model the soil carbon cycle.
Jörg Schnecker +10 more
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Hump‐Shaped Relationship Between Microbial Carbon Use‐Efficiency and Soil Organic Carbon in Alpine Grasslands [PDF]
Advanced ScienceMicrobial carbon use efficiency (CUE) mediates soil organic carbon (SOC) turnover, yet its drivers and role in carbon stabilization in alpine grasslands remain unclear.
Yuting Wang +8 more
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Microbial efficiency enhancement drives carbon sequestration in long-term organic farming systems: linking taxonomic succession to carbon use efficiency [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyOrganic farming enhances soil carbon sequestration, which is a critical strategy for climate change mitigation and sustainable agriculture. However, the microbial mechanisms driving carbon accumulation in the soil, particularly the role of metabolic ...
Bo Ram Kang +8 more
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Patterns and drivers of soil microbial carbon use efficiency across soil depths in forest ecosystems [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSubsoils below 30 cm store more than half of global soil carbon. Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) serves as a key indicator of microbial control over soil carbon turnover, but the general patterns and drivers of microbial CUE across soil depths ...
Junmin Pei +8 more
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