Diversity of Microbial Functional Genes Promotes Soil Nitrogen Mineralization in Boreal Forests.

Xiumin Zhang, Huayong Zhang, Zhongyu Wang, Yonglan Tian, Wang Tian, Zhao Liu

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Article in Microorganisms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Variations in Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Are Associated with Fungal Communities Across Broad-Leaved Forests in Northeast China.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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6 authors.

Xiumin ZhangResearch Center for Engineering Ecology and Nonlinear Science, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3906-1180

Huayong ZhangResearch Center for Engineering Ecology and Nonlinear Science, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.

Zhongyu WangResearch Center for Engineering Ecology and Nonlinear Science, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1342-3024

Yonglan TianResearch Center for Engineering Ecology and Nonlinear Science, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.

Wang TianResearch Center for Engineering Ecology and Nonlinear Science, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.ORCID 0009-0006-2741-140X

Zhao LiuTheoretical Ecology and Engineering Ecology Research Group, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.

Funding

Discipline Construction Program of Huayong Zhang, Distinguished Professor of Shandong University, School of Life Sciences 61200082363001National Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment No. 2017ZX07101-002

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil nitrogen (N) mineralization typically governs the availability and movement of soil N. Understanding how factors, especially functional genes, affect N transformations is essential for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems. To uncover the underlying mechanisms driving soil N mineralization, this study investigated the effects of edaphic environments, substrates, and soil microbial assemblages on net soil N mineralization in boreal forests. Field studies were conducted in five representative forests:

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functional genesmicrobial community diversitynitrogen transformationssoil nitrogen mineralizationsoil properties

Identifiers

PMID39203419

DOI10.3390/microorganisms12081577

PMCPMC11355967

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