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A keystone microbial enzyme for nitrogen control of soil carbon storage

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Chen, Ji, Luo, Yiqi, van Groenigen, Kees Jan, Hungate, Bruce A., Cao, Junji, Zhou, Xuhui, Wang, Rui-wu·2018·Science Advances
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aaq1689PMC PMC6105232
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Nitrogen-induced suppression of lignin-modifying enzyme activity contributes to soil carbon sequestration.

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  • The microbial enzymes β-glucosidase (BG) and peroxidase (PER) are capable of degrading cellulose and lignin, respectively, and are associated with microbial C acquisition and soil C storage.

    “For example, the microbial enzymes β -glucosidase (BG) and peroxidase (PER) are capable of degrading cellulose and lignin, respectively, and are associated with microbial C acquisition and soil C storage (J. Chen et al., 2018).”

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    The Introduction describes microbial extracellular enzymes that break down plant material, and Materials and Methods lists glucosidase and peroxidase among the enzymes considered. But the paper does not explicitly identify β-glucosidase and peroxidase as the respective cellulose- and lignin-degrading enzymes in the claim. The Results link lignin-modifying enzyme activity to soil C storage under nitrogen addition, while reporting no corresponding relationship for cellulase activity. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Chen, J., Luo, Y., van Groenigen, K. J., Hungate, B. A., Cao, J., Zhou, X., & Wang, R.-W.
Affiliations
  • Northwestern Polytechnical University (CN)
  • Northern Arizona University (US)
  • Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QG, UK.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security (CN)
Corresponding author
Luo, Yiqi
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Venue
Science Advances
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2018-08-03
Volume
4
Issue
8
Pages
eaaq1689-eaaq1689
ISSN
2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1126/sciadv.aaq1689
PMC
PMC6105232
OpenAlex
W2888318166
Cited by
417
References
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20.81
Type
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Language
en
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cc-by-nc
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Open Research Exeter (University of Exeter) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (41701292)
  • US National Science Foundation (EF 1137293 and OIA-1301789)
  • United States Department of Energy (DE-SC00114085)
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
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
Keywords
nitrogen deposition, soil carbon storage, ligninolytic enzymes, cellulase activity, microbial enzyme activity, soil carbon accumulation, Earth system models, ecosystem carbon dynamics
MeSH terms
Bacteria, Bacterial Proteins, Carbon, Enzymes, Nitrogen, Soil, Soil Microbiology, Ecosystem

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