Microbial spatial footprint as a driver of soil carbon stabilization
The processes driving soil carbon accretion remain to be poorly understood. Here the authors combined X-ray micro-tomography and zymography to demonstrate that plant-stimulated soil pore formation is a major, hitherto unrecognized, determinant of whether new C inputs are stored or lost to the atmosp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11057-4 |