Soil microorganisms are central to sustain soil functions and services, like carbon and
nutrient cycling. Currently, we only have a limited understanding of the spatial-temporal …

Aim While soil microorganisms play key roles in E arth's biogeochemical cycles,
methodological constraints and sparse data have hampered our ability to describe and …

The relationship between biodiversity and biomass has been a long standing debate in
ecology. Soil biodiversity and biomass are essential drivers of ecosystem functions …

Microbial communities in soils are generally considered to be limited by carbon (C), which
could be a crucial control for basic soil functions and responses of microbial heterotrophic …

Microbial residues contribute to the long‐term stabilization of carbon in the entire soil profile,
helping to regulate the climate of the planet; however, how sensitive these residues are to …

Microorganisms have a role as gatekeepers for terrestrial carbon fluxes, either causing its
release to the atmosphere through their decomposition activities or preventing its release by …

Most ecosystem models predict that climate warming will stimulate microbial decomposition
of soil carbon, producing a positive feedback to rising global temperatures,. Although field …

Bacteria and fungi, representing two major soil microorganism groups, play an important
role in global nutrient biogeochemistry. Biogeographic patterns of bacterial and fungal …

In their recent article (Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term
carbon storage in the global ocean. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 8, 593–599 (2010)), Jiao et al. 1 …

Soil microbial biomass and microbial stoichiometric ratios are important for understanding
carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Here, we compiled data from 12245 …