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Fate of lignins in soils: A review

Thevenot, Mathieu, Dignac, Marie-France, Rumpel, Cornelia·2010·Soil Biology and Biochemistry

DOI 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.03.017

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Lignins are amongst the most studied macromolecules in natural environments. During the last decades, lignins were considered as important components for the carbon cycle in soils, and particularly for the carbon storage. Thus, they are an important variable in many soil–plant models such as CENTURY and RothC, and appeared determinant for the estimation of the soil organic matter (SOM) pool-size and its stabilization. Recent studies challenged this point of view. The aim of this paper was to synthesise the current knowledge and recent progress about quantity, composition and turnover of lignins in soils and to identify variables determining lignin residence time. In soils, lignins evolve under the influence of various variables and processes such as their degradation or mineralization, as well as their incorporation into SOM. Lignin-derived products obtained after CuO oxidation can be used as environmental biomarkers, and also vary with the degree of degradation of the molecule. The lignin degradation is related to the nature of vegetation and land-use, but also to the climate and soil characteristics. Lignin content of SOM decreases with decreasing size of the granulometric fractions, whereas its level of degradation increases concomitantly. Many studies and our results suggest the accumulation and potential stabilization of a part of lignins in soils, by interaction with the clay minerals, although the mechanisms remain unclear. Lignin turnover in soils could be faster than that of the total SOM. Different kinetic pools of lignins were suggested, which sizes seem to be variable for different soil types. The mechanisms behind different degradation kinetics as well as their potential stabilization behaviour still need to be elucidated.

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Authors: Thevenot, M., Dignac, M.-F., & Rumpel, C.
Affiliations: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
ORCID: Dignac, Marie-France
Venue: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2010-08
Volume: 42
Issue: 8
Pages: 1200-1211
ISSN: 0038-0717 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.03.017
OpenAlex: W2060411194
Cited by: 796
References: 191
Citations by year: 2026: 95 · 2025: 100 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 56 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 40 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 28
FWCI: 40.80
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Soil Biology and Biochemistry (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Lignin and Wood Chemistry
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil and Environmental Studies
Keywords: lignin, soil organic matter, lignin degradation, lignin mineralization, soil carbon storage, soil carbon cycling, CuO oxidation, environmental biomarkers, soil organic matter stabilization, land use effects, climate effects, soil particle size fractions

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