Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE)—the balance between microbial growth and
respiration—strongly impacts microbial mediated soil carbon storage and is sensitive to …

Climate-induced changes in soil microbial physiology impact ecosystem carbon (C) storage
and alter the rate of CO2 flux from soils to the atmosphere (Allison et al., 2010). The direction …

Soil is home to a multitude of microorganisms from all three domains of life. These
organisms and their interactions are crucial in driving the cycling of soil carbon. One key …

Empirical evidence for the response of soil carbon cycling to the combined effects of
warming, drought and diversity loss is scarce. Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) plays a …

The strategy that microbial decomposers take with respect to using substrate for growth
versus maintenance is one essential biological determinant of the propensity of carbon to …

Agricultural systems are increasingly managed for improving soil carbon (C) accumulation.
However, there are limits to C returns in agricultural systems that constrain soil C …

The ratio of carbon (C) that is invested into microbial growth to organic C taken up is known
as microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE), which is influenced by environmental factors such …

Microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is a critical regulator of soil organic matter dynamics
and terrestrial carbon fluxes, with strong implications for soil biogeochemistry models. While …

The strategy that microbial decomposers take with respect to using substrate for growth
versus maintenance is one essential biological determinant of the propensity of carbon to …

In new microbial-biogeochemical models, microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) is often
assumed to decline with increasing temperature. Under this assumption, soil carbon losses …