[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis reveals differential impacts of microplastics on soil biota

H Wei, L Wu, Z Liu, M Saleem, X Chen, J Xie… - … and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Contamination of microplastics (MPs) is a global environmental issue that has received
much attention from the scientific and public communities due to ecological concerns in …

Importance of substrate quality and clay content on microbial extracellular polymeric substances production and aggregate stability in soils

FK Olagoke, A Bettermann, PTB Nguyen… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2022 - Springer
We investigated the effects of substrate (cellulose or starch) and different clay contents on
the production of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and concomitant …

Assessing the accumulation efficiency of various microbial carbon components in soils of different minerals

Y Cai, T Ma, Y Wang, J Jia, Y Jia, C Liang, X Feng - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterotrophic soil microbes are increasingly recognized as a key mediator transforming
labile organic carbon (OC) into relatively stable soil carbon (C) in the form of microbial …

Enzymatic activity and functional diversity of soil microorganisms along the soil profile–A matter of soil depth and soil-forming processes

A Piotrowska-Długosz, J Długosz, M Frąc, A Gryta… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Most studies concerning soil microorganisms and enzymes are focused on the upper
horizons of the soil profile even though they transform soil organic matter at every depth of …

Effects of moisture and temperature on soil organic carbon decomposition along a vegetation restoration gradient of subtropical China

X Fang, YL Zhu, JD Liu, XP Lin, HZ Sun, XH Tang… - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vegetation restoration can affect the process of soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition,
but how this effect is related to soil moisture and temperature remains uncertain. Thus, we …

High initial soil organic matter level combined with aboveground plant residues increased microbial carbon use efficiency but accelerated soil priming effect

N Xie, T An, J Zhuang, M Radosevich, S Schaeffer, S Li… - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
Input of plant residue carbon (C) stimulates microbial growth and activity, and thus may alter
native soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization. The partition of plant residue C between …

Unexpected microbial metabolic responses to elevated temperatures and nitrogen addition in subarctic soils under different land uses

J Schroeder, T Peplau, E Gregorich, CC Tebbe… - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
Subarctic regions are particularly affected by global warming. As vegetation periods
lengthen, boreal forests could gradually be converted into agricultural land. How land use …

Controls on labile and stabilized soil organic matter during long-term ecosystem development

G Angst, L Lichner, A Csecserits, WJ Emsens… - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
A better understanding of factors controlling the distribution of soil organic matter (SOM) in
differently stabilized pools in soils during ecosystem development is essential to more …

Seasonal variations and co-occurrence networks of bacterial communities in the water and sediment of artificial habitat in Laoshan Bay, China

G Fang, H Yu, H Sheng, C Chen, Y Tang, Z Liang - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Marine bacteria in the seawater and seafloor are essential parts of Earth's biodiversity, as
they are critical participants of the global energy flow and the material cycles. However, their …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing acid rain frequency promotes the microbial community dissimilarities of forest soil rather than agricultural soil in southern China

Z Liu, H Wei, J Zhang, T Wang, Y He, J Zhong… - … and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil microbial community drives the terrestrial carbon (C) cycling by C sources metabolism
(ie, organic C decomposition), however, the microbial response to changing acid rain …