mBio
(Feb 2021)
Evaluation of Microbe-Driven Soil Organic Matter Quantity and Quality by Thermodynamic Theory
Jianwei Zhang,
Youzhi Feng,
Meng Wu,
Ruirui Chen,
Zhongpei Li,
Xiangui Lin,
Yongguan Zhu,
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Affiliations
Jianwei Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Youzhi Feng
ORCiD State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Meng Wu
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Ruirui Chen
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Zhongpei Li
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Xiangui Lin
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Yongguan Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Departamento de Sistemas Fisicos, Quimicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03252-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12,
no. 1
Abstract
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Microbial communities are known to be important drivers of organic matter (OM) accumulation in terrestrial ecosystems. However, despite the importance of these soil microbes and processes, the mechanisms behind these microbial-SOM associations remain poorly understood.
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