ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2022
Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry.
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267 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Afforestation and reforestation support coupled gains in soil life and carbon storage worldwide.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Root anatomical traits modulate the assembly and nitrogen-transformation potential of root-associated microbiomes in a temperate steppe.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Earthworms Enhance Maize Resistance to Aphids From Bottom to Top via Increasing Soil Bacillus Abundance.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
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- The Fragile Sink: Reconceptualizing Soil Carbon Stabilization and Its Vulnerability Under Global Change.Global change biology · 2026Review
- Impacts of pollution on the soil microbiome.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Microbial drought resistance is achieved at the expense of soil carbon loss.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Salinity-adapted and core microbiota along the soil salinity gradients encircling the Tarim Basin.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- High soil fertility supports greater soil quality, microbial network complexity, and keystone taxa in arable black soil.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Microorganisms lock up carbon in soil.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Article
- Host genotype and edaphic factors shaped bacterial communities associated with native and endemic medicinal Artemisia species in arid environment.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- When Fungi Meet Bacteria: Cross-Kingdom Assembly and Bioremediation Potential Under PAH Stress.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Seasonal thawing of high Arctic soils triggers selective microbial growth and predation.mSystems · 2026Article
- Root Exudates Shape Soil Organic Carbon Stabilization by Controlling Microbial Necromass Formation Under Long-Term Nitrogen Fertilization.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Relative Abundance of Soil Nutrient-Degrading Enzyme-Encoding Genes Across Continental US Ecoregions.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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Abstract
Soil microorganisms shape global element cycles in life and death. Living soil microorganisms are a major engine of terrestrial biogeochemistry, driving the turnover of soil organic matter - Earth's largest terrestrial carbon pool and the primary source of plant nutrients. Their metabolic functions are influenced by ecological interactions with other soil microbial populations, soil fauna and plants, and the surrounding soil environment. Remnants of dead microbial cells serve as fuel for these biogeochemical engines because their chemical constituents persist as soil organic matter. This non-living microbial biomass accretes over time in soil, forming one of the largest pools of organic matter on the planet. In this Review, we discuss how the biogeochemical cycling of organic matter depends on both living and dead soil microorganisms, their functional traits, and their interactions with the soil matrix and other organisms. With recent omics advances, many of the traits that frame microbial population dynamics and their ecophysiological adaptations can be deciphered directly from assembled genomes or patterns of gene or protein expression. Thus, it is now possible to leverage a trait-based understanding of microbial life and death within improved biogeochemical models and to better predict ecosystem functioning under new climate regimes.
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