Soil microbial communities are driven by the declining availability of cations and phosphorus during ecosystem retrogression

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 163; p. 108430
• Main Authors: Teste, François P., Lambers, Hans, Enowashu, Esther E., Laliberté, Etienne, Marhan, Sven, Kandeler, Ellen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Archaea; Australia; Bacterial taxa and archaea; biomass; chronosequences; community structure; ecosystems; fungi; Jurien bay chronosequence; magnesium; microbial growth; nitrogen; Nitrogen and phosphorus; nutrient availability; Phospholipid fatty acid; phosphorus; qPCR; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; soil; soil biology; soil ecology; Soil microbial community and biomass; soil nutrients; Australia; qPCR; Phospholipid fatty acid; Soil microbial community and biomass; Bacterial taxa and archaea; Nitrogen and phosphorus; Jurien bay chronosequence

Development of soil microbial communities is driven by local abiotic and biotic conditions, yet our current understanding of their ecology is limited to studies in modified or young and relatively fertile ecosystems. In nutrient-impoverished soils, microbial communities may be predominantly structur...