Linking soil microbial community traits to the soil storage potential of dissolved organic carbon from surface plant litter
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INSTRUMENT(S): solariX
ORGANISM(S): Environmental Samples <bacteria> (ncbitaxon:48479)
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John Dunbar
PROVIDER: MSV000088109 | MassIVE |
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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Microbial Communities Influence Soil Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration by Altering Metabolite Composition.
Campbell Tayte P TP Ulrich Danielle E M DEM Toyoda Jason J Thompson Jaron J Munsky Brian B Albright Michaeline B N MBN Bailey Vanessa L VL Tfaily Malak M MM Dunbar John J
Frontiers in microbiology 20220120
Rapid microbial growth in the early phase of plant litter decomposition is viewed as an important component of soil organic matter (SOM) formation. However, the microbial taxa and chemical substrates that correlate with carbon storage are not well resolved. The complexity of microbial communities and diverse substrate chemistries that occur in natural soils make it difficult to identify links between community membership and decomposition processes in the soil environment. To identify potential ...[more]
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