Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

Soil microbes process plant remnants and are hypothesized to synthesize soil organic matter (SOM). Here, Kallenbach and colleagues directly measure chemically diverse and stable SOM derived from microbial communities in the absence of plant compounds.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cynthia M. Kallenbach, Serita D. Frey, A. Stuart Grandy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13630