Microbial diversity drives carbon use efficiency in a model soil

Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta; Grace Pold; Xiao-Jun Allen Liu; Serita D. Frey; Jerry M. Melillo; Kristen M. DeAngelis

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17502-z

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Microbial diversity drives carbon use efficiency in a model soil

Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta,
Grace Pold,
Xiao-Jun Allen Liu,
Serita D. Frey,
Jerry M. Melillo,
Kristen M. DeAngelis

Affiliations

Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta: Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts
Grace Pold: Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts
Xiao-Jun Allen Liu: Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts
Serita D. Frey: School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire
Jerry M. Melillo: The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratories
Kristen M. DeAngelis: Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17502-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Microbial carbon use efficiency has an important role in soil C cycling. Here the authors test the interactive effects of temperature and moisture and manipulate microbial community composition in soil microcosms, showing a positive relationship between microbial diversity and CUE that is contingent on abiotic conditions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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