Microbial autotrophy explains large‐scale soil CO2 fixation

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 231 - 242
• Main Authors: Liao, Hao, Hao, Xiuli, Qin, Fei, Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel, Liu, Yurong, Zhou, Jizhong, Cai, Peng, Chen, Wenli, Huang, Qiaoyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Autotrophic bacteria; Autotrophs; Autotrophy; biogeographic pattern; carbon; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide fixation; Carbon fixation; China; Climate change; CO2 fixation rate; Fixation; Fixing; Forest soils; forests; highlands; Microbial activity; Microorganisms; paddies; phototrophic protists; Protists; Soil; soil carbon cycling; Soils; Surveying; surveys; China

Microbial communities play critical roles in fixing carbon from the atmosphere and fixing it in the soils. However, the large‐scale variations and drivers of these microbial communities remain poorly understood. Here, we conducted a large‐scale survey across China and found that soil autotrophic org...