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A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities.
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Laura G van GalenInstitute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. laura.vangalen9@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6677-9462
Gabriel Reuben SmithInstitute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3676-0821
Andrew J MargenotDepartment of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Mark P WaldropUS Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Menlo Park, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1829-7140
Thomas W CrowtherInstitute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kabir G PeayDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Robert B JacksonDepartment of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8846-7147
Kailiang YuDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Anna AbrahãoDepartment of Biology, Science Center, Federal University of Ceará - UFC, Fortaleza, CE, 60440-900, Brazil.
Talaat A AhmedEnvironmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Juha M AlataloEnvironmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-5084-850X
Sten AnslanDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2299-454X
Mark A AnthonyCenter for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Ademir Sergio Ferreira AraujoSoil Microbial Ecology Group, Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), 64019-550, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3212-3852
Judith Ascher-JenullDepartment of Experimental Architecture, Integrative Design Extremes, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 21, Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria.
Elizabeth M BachThe Nature Conservancy in Illinois, Nachusa Grasslands, Franklin Grove, IL, USA.
Mohammad BahramDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Ulls väg 16, 756 51, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9539-3307
Christopher C M BakerUS Army ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2675-1078
Petr BaldrianLaboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14200 Praha 4, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-8983-2721
Richard D BardgettDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
M Noelia Barrios-GarciaRubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Felipe BastidaCEBAS-CSIC Department of Soil and Water Conservation Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9958-7099
Francesca BeggiAlliance Bioversity International - CIAT, Bengaluru, India.
Liane G BenningGFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Interface Geochemistry Section, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9972-5578
Luca BragazzaField-Crop Systems and Plant Nutrition, Agroscope, Route de Duillier 60, CH-1260, Nyon, Switzerland.
Arthur A D BroadbentDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Concha Cano-DíazCISAS - Centre for Research and Development in Agrifood Systems and Sustainability, Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial Nun'Álvares, 34, 4900-347, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
Anna M CatesDepartment of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, MN, 55108, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1206-6069
Carlos E P CerriUniversity of São Paulo ESALQ/USP Av Pádua Dias 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Simone CesarzGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Baodong ChenState Key Laboratory of Regional and Urban Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Aimeé T ClassenEcology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6741-3470
Mathilde Borg DahlInstitute of Microbiology, Center for Functional Genomics of Microbes, University of Greifswald, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.
Manuel Delgado-BaquerizoLaboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Av., Reina Mercedes 10, E-41012, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6230-518X
Nico EisenhauerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0371-6720
Svetlana Yu EvgrafovaSukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia.
Nicolas FaninINRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR 1391 Interaction Soil Plant Atmosphere (ISPA), 71 avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave-d'Ornon cedex, France.
Flavio FornasierCREA Research Center for Viticulture and Enology, Gorizia, Italy.
Romeu FranciscoUniversity of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, ARISE, Department of Life Sciences, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.
André L C FrancoO'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
Serita D FreyDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, USA.
Hannu FritzeNatural Resources Institute Finland, Luke, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4347-4444
Carlos GarcíaCEBAS-CSIC Department of Soil and Water Conservation Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain.
Pablo García-PalaciosInstituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 115 bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6367-4761
María Gómez-BrandónAnimal Ecology Group (GEA), University of Vigo, E-36310, Vigo, Spain.
Marina Gonzalez-PoloINIBIOMA, CONICET- Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina.
Beatriz GozaloInstituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio "Ramón Margalef", Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Robert GriffithsSchool of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3341-4547
Carlos GuerraInstitute of Biology, Leipzig University, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Moritz HallamaInstitute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany.
Inga HiiesaluInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.
Mohammad Zabed HossainDepartment of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Yajun HuState Key Laboratory of Regional and Urban Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Heribert InsamBioTreaT GmbH, Technikerstrasse 21, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Vincent E J JasseyCentre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement (CRBE), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, Toulouse INP, Université Toulouse 3 - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Toulouse, France.
Lili JiangState Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Ellen KandelerInstitute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2854-0012
Petr KohoutLaboratory of Microbial Ecology and Biogeography, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14200 Praha 4, Prague, Czech Republic.
Urmas KõljalgInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.
Valentyna KrashevskaSenckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Functional Environmental Genomics, Frankfurt, Germany.
Xiaofei LiCollege of Resources and Environmental Sciences/Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Soil Resources in the Commodity Grain Bases in Jilin Province, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China.
Jing-Zhong LuJohann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4051-8993
Xiankai LuKey Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Shan LuoLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
Stefanie LutzGFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Interface Geochemistry Section, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany.
Kathleen Allison Mackie-HaasAgroscope, Viticulture, 8820, Wädenswil, Switzerland.
Fernando T MaestreEnvironmental Sciences and Engineering, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7434-4856
Minna Malmivaara-LämsäNatural Resources Institute Finland, Luke, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
Kai MangelsdorfGFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Organic Geochemistry Section, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany.
Maria ManjarrezMicrobiology Laboratories Australia, St Marys, 5042, Australia.
Sven MarhanInstitute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany.
Ashley MartinMicrobiology Laboratories Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Kelly E MasonUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK.
Jordan MayorICF, 201 Mission St. Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA, 94105, USA.
Rebecca L McCulleyDepartment of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546-0312, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2393-0599
Mari MooraInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-4819-7506
Paula V MoraisUniversity of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, ARISE, Department of Life Sciences, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.
Miriam Muñoz-RojasLaboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Av., Reina Mercedes 10, E-41012, Sevilla, Spain.
Rajasekaran MuruganValli Sustainability Research and Education Foundation, Kanchipuram, India.
Andrew T NottinghamSchool of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Victoria OchoaInstituto Univeritario de Investigación en Olivar y Aceite de Oliva-INUO, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Raúl Ochoa-HuesoDepartment of Biology, IVAGRO, University of Cádiz, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Campus del Rio San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
Jane OjaInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.
Pål Axel OlssonDepartment of Biology, Lund University, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Maarja ÖpikInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.
Nick OstleLancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, UK.
Krista PeltoniemiNatural Resources Institute Finland, Luke, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
Taina PennanenNatural Resources Institute Finland, Luke, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790, Helsinki, Finland.
David S PescadorDepartamento de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y Botánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Pl. de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, Moncloa - Aravaca, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
G Kenny PngDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Christian PollInstitute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany.
Sergei PõlmeInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.
Anton M PotapovGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstrasse 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4456-1710
Anders PrieméDepartment of Biology and Center for Volatile Interactions (VOLT), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
William PritchardDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Jeremy PuissantLaboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, LECA, Grenoble, France.
Sandra Mara Barbosa RochaSoil Microbial Ecology Group, Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), 64019-550, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.
Christoph RosingerInstitute of Agronomy, Department of Agricultural Sciences, BOKU University, 3430, Tulln an der Donau, Austria.
Liliane RuessInstitute of Biology, Ecology Group, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philippstraße 13, 10115, Berlin, Germany.
Emma J SayerInstitute of Botany, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Stefan ScheuJohann Friedrich Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4350-9520
Robert L SinsabaughBiology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
Lindsey C SlaughterTexas Tech University, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9918-6209
Nadejda A SoudzilovskaiaCentre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University - Campus Diepenbeek Agoralaan Building D, Units AB, B-3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9584-2109
José Paulo SousaCentre for Functional Ecology, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.
Lee StanishInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
Shu-Ichi SugiyamaFaculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Bunkyocho 1, Hirosaki 036-8560, Aomori, Japan.
Leho TedersooInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0002-1635-1249
Pankaj TrivediMicrobiome Network and Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0173-2804
Tanel VahterInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.
Jana VoriskovaLaboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14200 Praha 4, Prague, Czech Republic.
Dirk WagnerGFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Geomicrobiology Section, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany.
Cong WangState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
David A WardleDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Jeanette WhitakerUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4AP, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8824-471X
Yuanhe YangCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5399-4606
Zhiwei ZhongKey Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education/Jilin Songnen, Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China.
Kai ZhuSchool for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1587-3317
Lori A ZiolkowskiSchool of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA.
Martin ZobelInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 2 J. Liivi St, 50409, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID 0000-0001-7957-6704
Johan van den HoogenInstitute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. johan.vandenhoogen@usys.ethz.ch.
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Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) 315415Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR; MIXOPEAT; ANR-17-CE01-0007Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) I989-B16China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M693360Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 192626868-SFB 990Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 316045089Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) DFG- FZT 118, 202548816Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) DFG- FZT 118, 202548816, Ei 862/29-1 and Ei 862/31-1Eesti Teadusagentuur (Estonian Research Council) PRG1065, PRG1789, PSG784Generalitat Valenciana (Regional Government of Valencia) CIDEGENT/2018/041Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports) CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004635Ministry of Education and Research | Estonian Research Competency Council (Research Competency Council) PRG1065, PRG1789, PSG784Ministry of Education and Science | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation) PTDC/BIA-CBI/2340/2020Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) 305069/2018-7Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina | Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (National Agency for Science and Technology, Argentina) PICT 2014-2838National Eye Research Centre (NERC) NE/T012226National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31872994National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32061143027National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32101286National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 41922056National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB-1845544National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB-1926335National Science Foundation (NSF) DGE 1450271NOVA | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL) BIPD_01_2021_FCT-PTDC/BIA-CBI/2340/2020, UIDB/05937/2020, UIDP/05937/2020NOVA | Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL) UID/EMS/00285/2020Qatar Petroleum (QP) QUEX-CAS-QP-RD-18/19RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/I027037/1RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/N009452/1Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 315260_149807
Abstract
Soil microbes drive ecosystem function and play a critical role in how ecosystems respond to global change. Research surrounding soil microbial communities has rapidly increased in recent decades, and substantial data relating to phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and potential enzyme activity have been collected and analysed. However, studies have mostly been restricted to local and regional scales, and their accuracy and usefulness are limited by the extent of accessible data. Here we aim to improve data availability by collating a global database of soil PLFA and potential enzyme activity measurements from 12,258 georeferenced samples located across all continents, 5.1% of which have not previously been published. The database contains data relating to 113 PLFAs and 26 enzyme activities, and includes metadata such as sampling date, sample depth, and soil pH, total carbon, and total nitrogen. This database will help researchers in conducting both global- and local-scale studies to better understand soil microbial biomass and function.
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Databases, FactualEnzymesFatty AcidsPhospholipidsSoil MicrobiologyEcosystemSoilEnzymesFatty AcidsPhospholipidsSoil
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