Microbial regulation of soil carbon properties under nitrogen addition and plant inputs removal [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Soil microbial communities and their associated enzyme activities play key roles in carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial communities are sensitive to resource availability, but the mechanisms of microbial regulation have ...
Ran Wu +3 more
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Adenosine triphosphate and microbial biomass in soil
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1979 Two methods for measuring adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) in soil were compared, one based on extraction with NaHCO3-CHCl3 and thel other on extraction by a trichloracetic acid-phosphate-paraquat reagent. Recoveries of added ATP were greater with the NaHCO3-CHCl3 reagent but the extraction of “native” soil ATP by NaHCO3-CHCl3 was only about a third of ...
Jenkinson, D. S. +2 more
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Microbial responses to doses of cover plant straw in cerrado piauiense oxisol
Bioscience Journal, 2020 Carbon and nitrogen from the soil microbial biomass play a significant role in the rotation of C and N, and promote nutrient cycling. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the soil microbial biomass with growing doses of cover ...
Sarah Priscilla do Nascimento Amorim +5 more
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Change in soil microbial biomass along a rural-urban gradient in Varanasi (U.P., India)
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2018 Soil microbial biomass has been used as an early indicator of change in soil properties resulting from urbanization. We analyzed the effect of urbanization along a rural–urban gradient on soil microbial biomass and physico-chemical properties of the soil.
Pradeep Kumar Rai +2 more
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Effects of uranium on soil microbial biomass carbon, enzymes, plant biomass and microbial diversity in yellow soils [PDF]
Radioprotection, 2016 We conducted an experiment to investigate the effects of uranium (U) on soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC), enzymes, plant biomass and microbial diversity in yellow soils under three concentrations: 0 mg kg-1 (T1, control), 30 mg kg-1 (T2) and 60 mg kg-1 (T3).
X. Yan, Y. Zhang, X. Luo, L. Yu
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Soil microbial respiration adapts to higher and longer warming experiments at the global scale
Environmental Research Letters, 2023 Warming can affect soil microbial respiration by changing microbial biomass and community composition. The responses of soil microbial respiration to warming under experimental conditions are also related to background conditions and the experimental ...
Lu Yang +13 more
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A review on the role of soil microbial biomass in eco-restoration of degraded ecosystem with special reference to mining areas [PDF]
, 2011 Soil microbial biomass constitutes a transformation matrix for all the natural organic material in the soil and acts as labile reservoir of plant available nutrients.
Dwivedi, Vivek, Soni, Prafulla
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Journal of Plant Interactions, 2017 This study aims to explore relationships between plant diversity and soil microbial function and the factors that mediate the relationships. Artificial plant communities (1, 2, 4 and 8 species) were established filled with natural and mine tailing soils,
Xiao-Yan Wang, Yuan Ge, Jiang Wang
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Plant and soil microbe responses to light, warming and nitrogen addition in a temperate forest [PDF]
, 2018 1. Temperate forests across Europe and eastern North America have become denser since the 1950s due to less intensive forest management and global environmental changes such as nitrogen deposition and climate warming. Denser tree canopies result in lower
Boeckx, Pascal +7 more
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The complexity of soil biological sustainability [PDF]
, 2016 Additions of organic amendments to soil not only compensate for decreased soil C, but also contribute to energy requirements for conserving biological activity levels.
Brookes, P. C. +3 more
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