Streptomyces is a drought-tolerant bacterial genus in soils, which forms close associations
with plants to provide host resilience to drought stress. Here we synthesize the emerging …

Both forest-floor litter and roots are known to be involved in the formation of soil organic
carbon (SOC), but it remains elusive how the two contrasting types of plant carbon sources …

Managing and increasing organic matter in soil requires greater understanding of the
mechanisms driving its persistence through resistance to microbial decomposition …

Although dead fungal mycelium (necromass) represents a key component of
biogeochemical cycling in all terrestrial ecosystems, how different ecological factors interact …

Fungi and bacteria differ in their sensitivity to soil moisture, but their activity and contributions
to soil carbon (C) cycling under different soil moisture conditions remain unclear. We …

Home-field advantage (HFA) predicts that litter decomposes faster under its derived plant
species. Growing evidence suggests that HFA depends on litter chemical traits and the …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an essential role in mediating community structure and
metabolic activities of belowground biota. Unraveling the evolution of belowground …

Plant inputs from root exudates and litter can improve soil aggregation and enhance soil
organic carbon (SOC) content, but they can also increase SOC decomposition referred to as …

Continuous and pulsed inputs of labile organic carbon (LOC) into soil are common.
However, because soil microbial responses to LOC input are rapid, the relative contributions …

As one of the most important drivers of global climate change, land use change (LUC) has
markedly altered the regional and global carbon (C) cycles. However, the geographic …