Soil Microbial Diversity and Function Respond Contrastingly to Elevated CO2 and Ozone with Implications for Carbon Sequestration in Wheat Cultivation

Metagenomic Analysis of Soil Microbial Community Shifts Formed by 60-Day Exposure to Polylactic Acid Microplastics

Functional predictions indicate that PLA processing drives functional remodeling of the microbial community to adapt to environmental stress by synergistically activating core energy metabolic pathways such as bacterial glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

The relationship between microbial carbon use efficiency and microbial community properties under increased precipitation during litter decomposition

Dissolved organic matter molecular diversity and transformation potential are associated with microbial carbon use efficiency in paddy soils.

Microbial carbon (C) use efficiency (CUE) is a key regulator of soil C sequestration, reflecting how assimilated C is partitioned between biomass production and respiration. In paddy soils, how dissolved organic matter (DOM) molecular characteristics and microbial specialization jointly relate to CUE across straw amend...

Metagenomic Insights into Microbial Functional Potential Associated with Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Cycling Along an Elevational Gradient in a Warm-Temperate Forest

Soil microbial functional potential is crucial to maintaining forest productivity and ecosystem functions. However, how microbially mediated soil nutrient cycling responds to environmental changes, particularly those caused by variations in elevation, remains poorly understood. Using the natural temperature gradient in...

Mixed Litter Decomposition Drives Functional Gene Rearrangement in the Microbial Carbon Cycle

Understanding how mixed‐species litter decomposition regulates microbial communities and carbon cycling is vital for guiding ecosystem restoration and climate change mitigation, as it is a key process for nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. A 15‐month field experiment compared single‐species ( Pinus sylve...

Metagenomics reveals the effects of potassium fertilizer gradients on soil phosphorus-cycling microbial communities and functional genes, and their relationship with yield

The rational application of potassium (K) is essential for soil nutrient transformation in orchards. Microbial communities drive phosphorus (P) transformation and activation, yet their responses to potassium (K) gradients and the underlying regulation of functional potential remain unclear. Accordingly, a field trial w...