Unraveling edaphic, environmental, and management drivers of soil microbial communities via ester-linked fatty acid methyl esters using a multilocation agroecosystem study

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 453; pp. 117158 - 812
• Main Authors: Roper, Wayne R., Acosta-Martínez, Verónica, Veum, Kristen S., Burgess, Christopher J., Moore, Jennifer M., Manter, Daniel K., Stewart, Catherine E., Emmett, Bryan D., Liebig, Mark A., Fischel, Matthew H.H., Lehman, R.Michael, Franco, José G., Johnson, Jane M.F., Weyers, Sharon, Mikha, Maysoon M., Trippe, Kristin M., Maul, Jude E., Dungan, Robert S., Gollany, Hero T., Ducey, Thomas F., Hale, Lauren, Jin, Virginia L., Cavadini, Jason S., Reardon, Catherine L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Actinobacteria; agroecosystems; biomarkers; clay fraction; climate; community structure; crop management; EL-FAME; fatty acids; fungi; microbial communities; Multilocation study; reduced tillage; saprotrophs; Soil health; Soil microbial communities; Soil organic carbon; soil quality; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; EL-FAME; Multilocation study; Soil microbial communities; Soil organic carbon; Soil health

•Total EL-FAME was mostly driven by soil organic C (SOC) at each study location.•Conservation practices increased total EL-FAME and SOC in a site-specific manner.•Bacterial biomarkers trended more with SOC across these sites.•Fungal biomarkers were more responsive to management. Microbial communitie...