Microbial growth rate is a stronger predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency

2026/02/06 by Xianjin He, Gaëlle Marmasse, Junxi Hu +12 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

paper · doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02961-8

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• Global Carbon Budget 2023
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Discussions

• He, X., Marmasse, G., Hu, J. et al. Microbial growth rate is a stronger predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency. #stableisotopes Nat Ecol Evol 10, 372–381 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]