Growth rate as a link between microbial diversity and soil biogeochemistry

MM Foley, BWG Stone, TA Caro, NW Sokol… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Measuring the growth rate of a microorganism is a simple yet profound way to quantify its
effect on the world. The absolute growth rate of a microbial population reflects rates of …

Role of soil microbiota enzymes in soil health and activity changes depending on climate change and the type of soil ecosystem

J Daunoras, A Kačergius, R Gudiukaitė - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Microorganisms and their enzymes are crucial to ensuring soil quality,
health, and carbon sequestration. Their numerous reactions are essential for …

Soil warming increases the number of growing bacterial taxa but not their growth rates

D Metze, J Schnecker, CLN de Carlan, B Bhattarai… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Soil microorganisms control the fate of soil organic carbon. Warming may accelerate their
activities putting large carbon stocks at risk of decomposition. Existing knowledge about …

Asymmetric winter warming reduces microbial carbon use efficiency and growth more than symmetric year-round warming in alpine soils

L Li, Q Xu, S Jiang, X Jing, Q Shen, JS He… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Asymmetric seasonal warming trends are evident across terrestrial ecosystems, with winter
temperatures rising more than summer ones. Yet, the impact of such asymmetric seasonal …

Rapid growth rate responses of terrestrial bacteria to field warming on the Antarctic Peninsula

AM Purcell, P Dijkstra, BA Hungate… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ice-free terrestrial environments of the western Antarctic Peninsula are expanding and
subject to colonization by new microorganisms and plants, which control biogeochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term warming-induced increase in non-microbial carbon emissions from semiarid abandoned farmland soils

Z Zhong, X Wang, G Yang, X Han, L Zhu… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil warming is expected to accelerate microbial carbon (C) degradation, increasing carbon
dioxide (CO 2) emissions. This process greatly contributes to global warming. To validate …

Microbial growth in soil

M Foley, BWG Stone, TA Caro, NW Sokol… - 2024 - ecoevorxiv.org
The growth rate of a microorganism is a simple yet profound way to quantify its impact on the
world. Microbial fitness in the environment depends on the ability to reproduce quickly when …