ArticleScience advances2018
A keystone microbial enzyme for nitrogen control of soil carbon storage.
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- Contrasting Effects of Nitrogen Input on Soil Carbon Pools in Arid and Humid Climates.Global change biology · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis shows that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil organic carbon stock.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Pooled it
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- Long-Term Organic Fertilization Drives Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation in Black Soil Through Microbial Necromass Carbon and CAZyme-Mediated Carbon Turnover.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Declines in organic matter persistence with increased soil carbon.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Root Exudates Shape Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization by Controlling Microbial Necromass Formation Under Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Root traits and mycorrhizal fungi mediate reactive N and warming impacts on soil organic carbon.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Synergistic effects of 13-year warming and nitrogen fertilization accelerating soil carbon destabilization in North China Plain farmland.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Inter-Row Grassing Reshapes Nitrogen Cycling in Peach Orchards by Influencing Microbial Pathways in the Rhizosphere.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Nitrogen Enrichment Reshapes Contrasting Microbial Networks in Northern Tibetan Alpine Meadow vs. Steppe.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Drought Intensity Shapes Soil Legacy Effects on Grassland Plant and Soil Microbial Communities and Their Responses to Future Drought.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Nitrogen-shaped microbiotas with nutrient competition accelerate early-stage residue decomposition in agricultural soils.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Microbial C/N metabolic capabilities contribute to the fate of crop residue N in plant-soil-microbe continuum over multiple seasons.iScience · 2025Article
- Tadpole aggregations create biogeochemical hotspots in wetland ecosystems.The Journal of animal ecology · 2025Article
- Increased Soil Nitrogen Availability Suppresses Annual Soil Respiration in Mixed Temperate Forests Regardless of Acidification.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worldwide.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Short-term warming supports mineral-associated carbon accrual in abandoned croplands.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Nitrogen addition promotes soil carbon accumulation globally.Science China. Life sciences · 2025Article
- Effect of Compound Fertilizer on Foxtail Millet Productivity and Soil Environment.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Agricultural and industrial activities have increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition to ecosystems worldwide. N deposition can stimulate plant growth and soil carbon (C) input, enhancing soil C storage. Changes in microbial decomposition could also influence soil C storage, yet this influence has been difficult to discern, partly because of the variable effects of added N on the microbial enzymes involved. We show, using meta-analysis, that added N reduced the activity of lignin-modifying enzymes (LMEs), and that this N-induced enzyme suppression was associated with increases in soil C. In contrast, N-induced changes in cellulase activity were unrelated to changes in soil C. Moreover, the effects of added soil N on LME activity accounted for more of the variation in responses of soil C than a wide range of other environmental and experimental factors. Our results suggest that, through responses of a single enzyme system to added N, soil microorganisms drive long-term changes in soil C accumulation. Incorporating this microbial influence on ecosystem biogeochemistry into Earth system models could improve predictions of ecosystem C dynamics.
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