The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage
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The use of organic fertilizers and crop residues in agricultural soils enhances C sequestration, and new technologies need to be developed to improve C sequestration efficiency.
“The use of organic fertilizers and crop residues in agricultural soils enhances C sequestration, and new technologies need to be developed to improve the C sequestration efficiency, e.g., by repeated changes of redox conditions similar to rice paddies185 and by promoting microbial diversity152 and abundance in SOC with powering the “microbial C pump” and improved storage of microbial necromass in”
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- Authors
- Liang, C., Schimel, J. P., & Jastrow, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- Liang, Chao
- Venue
- Nature Microbiology
- Published
- 2017-07-25
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 17105-17105
- ISSN
- 2058-5276 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2736456658
- Cited by
- 3,320
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 774 · 2025: 754 · 2024: 542 · 2023: 409 · 2022: 301 · 2021: 212 · 2020: 157 · 2019: 102 · 2018: 64 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 98.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Keywords
- soil carbon storage, microbial carbon pump, soil organic matter stabilization, microbial necromass, soil carbon dynamics, microbial catabolism, soil carbon cycling, terrestrial carbon cycle, climate change
- MeSH terms
- Carbon, Metabolism, Soil Microbiology, Carbon Cycle
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