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

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 1322 - 1325
• Main Authors: Chen, Ji, Sinsabaugh, Robert L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...