Global patterns and drivers of soil microbial nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency - Nature Communications Soil microbes recycle nutrients, but their global nutrient use efficiency is poorly understood. This study finds microbial nitrogen-use efficiency is nearly twice phosphorus-use efficiency, driven by ...

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Global patterns and drivers of #soil microbial #nitrogen and #phosphorus use Efficiency
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Microbial NUE = 0.6, PUE = 0.35

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Mycorrhizal Type Defines Priming Effects in Organic and Mineral Forest Soils As forest composition changes globally, understanding how shifts in mycorrhizal dominance affect soil carbon cycling becomes increasingly important. We found that the dominance of trees associating w....

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Mycorrhizal Type Defines #Priming Effects in Organic and Mineral #Forest #Soils

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Intercropping increases #soil microbial community stability via network simplification and stochastic assembly
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Root-microbe-soil coupling enhances rhizosphere priming and nitrogen acquisition in invasive plants The nutrient acquisition mechanisms underlying the ecological success of invasive plants remain unclear. Here the paper show that invasive plants enhance r

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Root-microbe-soil coupling enhances rhizosphere priming and nitrogen acquisition in #InvasivePlants

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A Critical #Review of #Carbon and #Phosphorus Linkages in #Soils

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Contrasting fine root-induced rhizosphere priming effects between coniferous and broadleaved trees - Biology and Fertility of Soils The rhizosphere priming effects (RPE) influence soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition at the root-soil interface. However, whether different tree species affect the direction and intensity of RPE ha...

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Contrasting fine #root induced #rhizosphere priming effects between coniferous and broadleaved #trees
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Mechanisms and sources of organic #carbon accrual in deep #soil under long-term #straw return
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Functional trait diversity in overstorey and understorey increases microbial carbon use efficiency in a #forest #plantation #soil
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High-Dose Biochar Hinders Micro/Nanoplastic-Induced Soil Positive Priming by Reducing Substrate Quality and Microbial Activity Micro/nanoplastics are increasingly introduced into croplands via agricultural inputs such as mulching films and may accelerate soil organic carbon (SOC) turnover through priming effects. However, how...

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High-Dose Biochar Hinders Micro/Nanoplastic-Induced Soil Positive Priming by Reducing Substrate Quality and Microbial Activity
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Return of #soil function: texture and thermal load drive post-fire microbial reactivation
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Fungal #necromass fate in #paddy #soil depends on #fertilization
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100 Years of Soil Organic Matter Priming Research Since the first identification of soil organic matter (SOM) priming by Löhnis in 1926, priming effect (PE) has emerged as a key mechanism regulating soil carbon (C) turnover, yet its magnitude, drive...

100 Years of Soil Organic Matter Priming Research
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We review mechanisms, processes & consequences of priming driven by sophisticated experiments, brilliant ideas & methods

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Dark CO2 fixation in soils: A meta‐analysis of mechanisms and controlling factors An overview of the factors influencing soil dark CO2 fixation rates across different ecosystems. The figure illustrates how climate, ecosystem type, and soil properties interact with agricultural pra...

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Dark CO2 fixation in #soils: A meta‐analysis of mechanisms and controlling factors
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Trophic Cascade Effects for #Soil #Carbon #Sequestration in Alpine #Tundra
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Microbial metabolism decline in degraded #grasslands depends on #soil organism size
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Frequency & C:N:P #stoichiometry of organic inputs determines C balance in #paddy #soils
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Nutrient imbalance raises #soil #antibiotic accumulation and bacterial antibiotic resistance
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#ClimateChange Accelerates Microbial Biomass Accumulation in #Soils
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Root exudates increase microbial biomass but decrease diversity and richness: a meta-analysis Abstract. While plant root exudates play a crucial role in regulating soil microbial communities, their complex composition, low concentration and degradab

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#RootExudates increase #MicrobialBiomass but decrease #Diversity and #Richness: a #Meta_analysis

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Depth-dependent effects of whole-soil warming on microbial necromass and plant lignin
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Tree diversity affects #temperature sensitivity of #soil organic matter decomposition in #rhizosphere
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Digging deeper into microbial carbon use efficiency in soil: Perspectives from microbial growth and respiration

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Digging deeper into microbial carbon use efficiency in #soil:
Perspectives from microbial growth and respiration

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Responses of particulate & mineral-associated organic #carbon to #permafrost degradation
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Hotspots of enzyme activities reflect micro-scale heterogeneity in nutrient mobilization in paddy soils - Plant and Soil Background and aims While intensive fertilization has wide-ranging impact on microbial communities, its effects on microbial recolonization of soil niches and associated enzyme activities as well as hotspots distribution remain underexplored. Methods Using soil zymography and high-throughput sequencing, we investigated the hotspots and activities of C-, N- and P-acquiring hydrolases, as well as bacterial community dynamics across hotspots, coldspots, and root endosphere within rice rhizosphere in sterilized and non-sterilized soils following NPK fertilization. Results Bacterial community reassembly after sterilization was primarily governed by compartment niches rather than by fertilization, although fertilization accelerated bacterial recovery by increasing diversity and network complexity. Specifically, the dominant taxa and major contributor of genes encoding hydrolases in the rhizosphere of non-sterilized soil shifted from Actinomycetota (K-strategists) to Pseudomonadota and Bacillota (r-strategists). In contrast, root endosphere communities had greater resilience during recolonization and likely supported rice growth by expanding enzyme hotspots area. Higher enzyme activities in hotspots, compared to coldspots, correlated strongly with increased bacterial network complexity, and less with differences in diversity and overall community composition. Fertilization triggered a trade-off between enzyme activities and hotspots area, with increased activities for β-glucosidase and leucine aminopeptidase but reduced hotspots area, whereas acid phosphatase had the opposite trend. Conclusion The trade-offs between enzyme activities and hotspots area highlight the micro-scale spatial heterogeneity in nutrient mobilization in paddy soils, suggesting adaptive strategies that plants and microorganisms use to regulate nutrient investment. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing fertilization management to accelerate microbial processes and enzyme-mediated nutrient cycling. Graphical Abstract

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Hotspots of #enzyme activities reflect micro-scale heterogeneity in #nutrient mobilization in #paddy soils
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Map of the sampling location and sampling scheme. Downed logs were visually classified into five decay classes

Mengjun Hu et al. explored the nonlinear response of soil organic carbon sequestration to deadwood decomposition in a subtropical–temperate ecotonal forest.

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Diversified Crop Rotations Strengthen #Maize #Drought Tolerance by Modulating Rhizosphere Microbiota and Enzyme Activities
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Biotic & abiotic drivers of iron & manganese dynamics during vegetation succession
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Soil fungal community composition drives forest-specific and seasonal dynamics of microbial carbon use efficiency in subalpine ecosystems Abstract. Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE), a critical determinant of soil carbon cycling, exhibits spatiotemporal variations influenced by biotic and

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Soil fungal community composition drives forest-specific and #SeasonalDynamics of microbial carbon use efficiency in subalpine ecosystems

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