Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

Cyanate is a low abundance but actively cycled nitrogen compound in soil

  • Maria Mooshammer,
  • Wolfgang Wanek,
  • Stephen H. Jones,
  • Andreas Richter,
  • Michael Wagner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00235-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Biotic processes drive rapid cyanate turnover and dominate cyanate consumption in soils, according to an extensive soil survey and stable isotope tracer experiments.