Linking microbial functional gene abundance and soil extracellular enzyme activity: Implications for soil carbon dynamics

Emerging evidence indicates that enzyme‐catalyzed transformation and degradation of soil organic matter at the ecosystem scale is more likely driven by microbial functional gene abundance, rather than short term induction/repression responses. In this paper, we are trying to highlight the potential...

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Published inGlobal change biology Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 1322 - 1325
Main Authors Chen, Ji, Sinsabaugh, Robert L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2021
Subjects
Abundance
Carbon
Dynamics
Ecosystem
ecosystems
Enzymatic activity
Enzyme activity
Enzymes
Extracellular
genes
global change
Microorganisms
model validation
Mycobiome
Nitrogen
Organic matter
Soil
soil carbon
Soil degradation
Soil dynamics
soil enzymes
Soil Microbiology
Soil organic matter
Soils
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Summary:Emerging evidence indicates that enzyme‐catalyzed transformation and degradation of soil organic matter at the ecosystem scale is more likely driven by microbial functional gene abundance, rather than short term induction/repression responses. In this paper, we are trying to highlight the potential links between microbial functional gene abundance and soil extracellular enzyme activity. Those links will likely offer a new path for optimizing the model performance of microbial‐mediated soil C dynamics from microbial functional gene perspectives.
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Moore et al., 27, 1349–1364
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ISSN:1354-1013
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DOI:10.1111/gcb.15506