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Microbial necromass underpins long-term soil carbon stability and ecosystem carbon persistence in pine reforestations

Forest Ecosystems
The long-term carbon (C) sequestration potential of plantations hinges on the dynamics and persistence of mature forest C sinks, yet how C storage and stability evolve with increasing forest age remains unclear.
Shiyang Wu, Liehua Tie, Jordi Sardans, Xingliang Xu, Ji Chen, Peilei Hu, Lei Deng, Yixian Kong, Shengnan Ouyang, Congde Huang, Josep Peñuelas, Guijie Ding   +11 more
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Optimized Fertilization Balances Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Use Efficiency: Evidence From Microbial Communities

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Optimized fertilization involving reduced mineral N input and organic substitution can alter resource stoichiometry, microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). However, how fertilization‐induced resource imbalance reshapes microbial community to regulate CUE and NUE remains unclear. We conducted a field experiment
Yazhen Chen, Yichen Xu, Haobo Xu, Juan Chen, Xiaozhou Huang, Wenqiong Jiang, Jinsong He, Xiaohong Wu, Xinxing He, Jun Wang, Xiaocui Liang, Wende Yan   +11 more
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From foraging to decomposition: Large vertebrates as biotic drivers of trace element cycling across landscapes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We highlight an overlooked pathway in ecosystem functioning: the role of animal carcass decomposition in trace element cycling. By linking animal life cycles to landscape‐scale processes, we explain how large animals redistribute scarce elements and influence spatial heterogeneity, with implications for ecosystem functioning and restoration.
Elke Wenting, Henk Siepel, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Michael S. Strickland, Laurel Lynch, Harry Olde Venterink, Philip S. Barton   +6 more
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Integrating microbial community properties, biomass and necromass to predict cropland soil organic carbon

ISME Communications, 2023
Abstract Manipulating microorganisms to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) in croplands remains a challenge. Soil microbes are important drivers of SOC sequestration, especially via their necromass accumulation. However, microbial parameters are rarely used to predict cropland SOC stocks, possibly due to uncertainties regarding the ...
Chao Wang, Xu Wang, Yang Zhang, Ember Morrissey, Yue Liu, Lifei Sun, Lingrui Qu, Changpeng Sang, Hong Zhang, Guochen Li, Lili Zhang, Yunting Fang   +11 more
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Experimental and genomic evidence clarifies the mycorrhizal helper role of a widespread bacterium in Bishop pine forests

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Hypothetical model of Paraburkholderia–EcMF–Bishop pine interactions. Summary Whether a widespread bacterial strain of Paraburkholderia can enhance the physiological responses of ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcMF) and host Bishop pine seedling growth remains unclear. We developed a ‘top‐down meets bottom‐up’ approach that harmonized data from molecular field
Louis Berrios, Deborah L. Narh, Lia Kim, Kabir G. Peay   +3 more
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Biomarkers reveal vulnerability of plant and microbial carbon to sea-level rise in estuarine wetlands

Communications Earth & Environment
Coastal wetlands are critical blue carbon sinks, yet contributions and stabilization mechanisms of key soil organic carbon components—plant-derived carbon, microbial necromass carbon, and glomalin-related soil protein—remain poorly quantified.
Bingbing Yu, Ziqi Zhu, Shaopan Xia, Chenxu Zhangsong, Wei Yang, Qiang Li, Yuchuan Fan, Rongjun Bian, Xuhui Zhang, Jufeng Zheng   +9 more
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Reciprocal transport of carbon and nitrogen between plants and the hyphosphere microbiome in a temperate grassland

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Overview of the experimental design and 13CO2 pulse‐labeling approach in the field. Summary Despite its relevance for plant nutrient acquisition, the role of the hyphosphere in structuring fungal–bacterial networks and mediating carbon–nitrogen (C–N) exchange under field conditions remains unclear.
Luise Brandt, Anna Abrahão, Ann‐Christin Wicht, Stefanie Schulz, Michael Schloter, Steffen Schweizer, Sven Marhan, Ellen Kandeler   +7 more
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The Microbial Necrobiome Involved in the Soil Decomposition Process

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Agriculture
Soil microorganisms play a key role in carbon and nutrient cycling processes, which includes the creation and decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM).
Alexandra GHEORGHIȚĂ, Roxana VIDICAN, Larisa CORCOZ, Vlad STOIAN   +3 more
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Divergent accumulation of microbial necromass and plant lignin components in grassland soils

Nature Communications, 2018
It remains unclear how microbes and plants contribute to soil organic carbon (SOC) accrual. Here, using biomarkers, the authors show that microbial necromass and plant-derived lignin components have divergent accumulation mechanisms and that microbial ...
Tian Ma, Shanshan Zhu, Zhiheng Wang, Dima Chen, Guohua Dai, Bowei Feng, Xiangyan Su, Huifeng Hu, Kaihui Li, Wenxuan Han, Chao Liang, Yongfei Bai, Xiaojuan Feng   +12 more
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Virocell Necromass Provides Limited Plant Nitrogen and Elicits Rhizosphere Metabolites That Affect Phage Dynamics

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bacteriophages impact soil bacteria through lysis, altering the availability of organic carbon and plant nutrients. However, the magnitude of nutrient uptake by plants from lysed bacteria remains unknown, partly because this process is challenging to investigate in the field.
Vlastimil Novak, Michelle C. M. van Winden, Thomas V. Harwood, Rachel Neurath, Suzanne M. Kosina, Katherine B. Louie, Matthew B. Sullivan, Simon Roux, Karsten Zengler, Vivek K. Mutalik, Trent R. Northen   +10 more
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