Soil microbial metabolism on carbon and nitrogen transformation links the crop-residue contribution to soil organic carbon.

ABSTRACT: The beneficial effect of crop residue amendment on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and stability depends on the functional response of soil microbial communities. Here we synchronized microbial metagenomic analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance and plant-¹⁵N labeling technologies to gain understanding of how microbial metabolic processes affect SOC accumulation in responses to differences in N supply from residues. Residue amendment brought increases in the assemblage of genes involved in C-degradation profiles from labile to recalcitrant C compounds as well as N mineralization. The N mineralization genes were correlated with the C and N accumulation in the particulate and mineral-associated C pools, and plant-derived aliphatic forms of SOC. Thus, the combined C and N metabolic po

SUBMITTER: Xie Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8975862 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature