Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry and microbial processing of organic matter in northern bogs and fens reveals a common P-limitation between peatland types

BH Hill, CM Elonen, TM Jicha, RK Kolka, LRLP Lehto… - Biogeochemistry, 2014 - Springer
We compared carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) concentrations in atmospheric
deposition, runoff, and soils with microbial respiration [dehydrogenase (DHA)] and …

Drought re-routes soil microbial carbon metabolism towards emission of volatile metabolites in an artificial tropical rainforest

LK Honeker, G Pugliese, J Ingrisch, J Fudyma… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Drought impacts on microbial activity can alter soil carbon fate and lead to the loss of stored
carbon to the atmosphere as CO2 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient (C, N and P) enrichment induces significant changes in the soil metabolite profile and microbial carbon partitioning

RW Brown, DR Chadwick, GD Bending… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The cycling of soil organic matter (SOM) and carbon (C) within the soil is governed by the
presence of key macronutrients, particularly nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). The relative …

Integration of time-series meta-omics data reveals how microbial ecosystems respond to disturbance

M Herold, S Martínez Arbas, S Narayanasamy… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The development of reliable, mixed-culture biotechnological processes hinges on
understanding how microbial ecosystems respond to disturbances. Here we reveal …

Revealing taxon-specific heavy metal-resistance mechanisms in denitrifying phosphorus removal sludge using genome-centric metaproteomics

Y Lin, L Wang, K Xu, K Li, H Ren - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Denitrifying phosphorus removal sludge (DPRS) is widely adopted for nitrogen
and phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment but faces threats from heavy metals …

Use of untargeted metabolomics for assessing soil quality and microbial function

E Withers, PW Hill, DR Chadwick, DL Jones - Soil Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soils support a wide range of ecosystem services that underpin Earth system functioning. It
is therefore essential that we have robust approaches to evaluate how anthropogenic …

High nitrogen availability reduces polyphenol content in Sphagnum peat

L Bragazza, C Freeman - Science of the Total Environment, 2007 - Elsevier
Peat mosses of the genus Sphagnum constitute the bulk of living and dead biomass in bogs.
These plants contain peculiar polyphenols which hamper litter peat decomposition through …

Soil restoration with organic amendments: linking cellular functionality and ecosystem processes

F Bastida, N Selevsek, IF Torres, T Hernández… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
A hot topic in recent decades, the application of organic amendments to arid-degraded soils
has been shown to benefit microbially-mediated processes. However, despite the …

Solid‐phase organic matter reduction regulates anaerobic decomposition in bog soil

JK Keller, KK Takagi - Ecosphere, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands store globally significant amounts of carbon and are important sources of the
greenhouse gas methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. However, for reasons which are not well …

Woody litter protects peat carbon stocks during drought

N Fenner, C Freeman - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
Northern peatlands store~ 30% of the world's soil carbon. This carbon sequestration is due
to slow decomposition, as illustrated by ancient wooden artefacts and 'bog bodies' …