Soil microorganisms are clearly a key component of both natural and managed ecosystems.
Despite the challenges of surviving in soil, a gram of soil can contain thousands of individual …

From the homeostasis of human health to the cycling of Earth's elements, microbial activities
underlie environmental, medical and industrial processes. These activities occur in chemical …

Background Oxidation-reduction and acid–base reactions are essential for the maintenance
of all living organisms. However, redox potential (Eh) has received little attention in …

Continent‐scale biogeography has been extensively studied in soils and marine systems,
but little is known about biogeographical patterns in non‐marine sediments. We used …

Electron transfer (redox) reactions, mediated by soil microbiota, modulate elemental cycling
and, in part, establish the redox poise of soil systems. Understanding soil redox processes …

The main purpose of the chapter is clarify description of the role of intracellular
enzymedehydrogenase in the soil environment, as well as presentation of soil factors …

The biodiversity of microbial communities has important implications for the stability and
functioning of ecosystem processes. Yet, very little is known about the environmental factors …

Denitrification–a key process in the global nitrogen cycle and main source of the
greenhouse gas N2O–is intricately controlled by O2. While the transition from aerobic …

Understanding how fungal communities are affected by precipitation is an essential aspect
of predicting soil functional responses to future climate change and the consequences of …

As the earth system changes in response to human activities, a critical objective is to predict
how biogeochemical process rates (eg nitrification, decomposition) and ecosystem function …