Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review

2015/02/10 by Yakov Kuzyakov, Evgenia Blagodatskaya, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya · 1,822 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Biosphere #Ecology #Environmental science #Geology #Hotspot (geology) #Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis #Mineralization (soil science) #Rhizosphere #Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics #Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics #Soil science #Soil water #Spatial heterogeneity

paper · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.01.025

published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry 83, 184-199 (Elsevier BV)

openalex publication_date 2015/02/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Citations

• Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits
• TOWARD AN ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL BACTERIA

Cited by

• Chemical identity of carbon substrates drives differences in denitrification and N2O reduction within agricultural soils
• The soil plastisphere
• Spatial pattern of enzyme activities depends on root exudate composition
• Increasing contribution of microbial residues to soil organic carbon in grassland restoration chronosequence
• Preferential use of organic acids over sugars by soil microbes in simulated root exudation
• Fungal-mediated soil aggregation as a mechanism for carbon stabilization
• Root exudation and fine texture interact to form anoxic microsites in rhizosphere soil
• Biodiversity in mountain soils above the treeline
• Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhiza and exoenzymes to nitrogen acquisition of sorghum under drought
• Seasonal shifts in plant diversity effects on above‐ground–below‐ground phenological synchrony
• Microhabitat accessibility determines peptide substrate degradation by soil microbial community
• Volatile and Dissolved Organic Carbon Sources Have Distinct Effects on Microbial Activity, Nitrogen Content, and Bacterial Communities in Soil
• Tree species richness effects on soil multifunctionality vary with proximity to target trees
• 100 Years of Soil Organic Matter Priming Research
• A meta-analysis reveals earthworms as mutualists rather than predators of soil microorganisms
• Groundcovers Alter Vineyard Soil Microbiomes Within and Beyond Their Rooting Zones
• Calvin cycle driven autotrophic CO2-fixation traits and autotrophic microbial communities in paddy (Anthrosol) and upland (Vertisol) soils: rhizosphere effects and impacts of biochar
• Fungal and bacterial colonization of maize litter during decomposition in a temperate arable and grassland alley-cropping system
• Tree diversity affects temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in rhizosphere
• A roadmap to understanding and anticipating microbial gene transfer in soil communities
• Land use and plant genotype modulate rhizosheath traits, root-associated microbiota, and soil carbon sequestration potential
• Hotspots of enzyme activities reflect micro-scale heterogeneity in nutrient mobilization in paddy soils
• Phosphorus Release Dynamics From Cover Crop Residues: A Comparison Between Single Species and Mixtures
• Cover crop monocultures and mixtures enhance bacterial abundance and functionality in the maize root zone
• Review of APSIM's soil nitrogen modelling capability for agricultural systems analyses
• Roots or exudates? Rhizosphere enzyme hotspots reveal contrasting nitrogen‐acquisition strategies in maize under nitrogen limitation
• Microbial consortia in salt marsh sediments are sequentially buried over millennia and genomic complementarity analysis indicates an important role in complex carbon decomposition
• Phosphorus dynamics in the drilosphere: Unraveling earthworm-mediated soil biogeochemistry
• Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration
• Functional Resistance of Microbiome to Differently Charged Nanoplastics in Rhizosphere Hotspots Soil
• PEN: Carbon-induced nitrogen pumping by microorganisms in soil
• Soil water status shapes nutrient cycling in agroecosystems from micrometer to landscape scales
• A pulse of simulated root exudation alters the composition and temporal dynamics of microbial metabolites in its immediate vicinity
• Quantifying microbial necromass contributions to soil carbon sequestration under diverse cropland management practices: A meta-analysis
• Soil extracellular polymeric substances and microbial biomass react differently to field induced drought stress in contrasting cropping systems at different wheat developmental stages
• Reverse microdialysis: A window into root exudation hotspots
• Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges
• Thermal stability of organic matter in mountain forest and grassland soils
• Frequency and C:N:P stoichiometry of organic inputs determines intensity of net C balance in paddy soils
• Direct root contact among neighboring plants influences activity of soil extracellular enzymes
• The physical structure of soil: Determinant and consequence of trophic interactions
• Rhizosphere – detritusphere interactions stabilize soil carbon depending on plant litter traits
• In situ visualization of soil profile acidification and processes following nitrogen fertilization and liming
• How to adequately represent biological processes in modeling multifunctionality of arable soils
• Ranking environmental and edaphic attributes driving soil microbial community structure and activity with special attention to spatial and temporal scales
• Dynamic interactions at the mineral–organic matter interface
• Prime osservazioni sulla subirrigazione a goccia dei frutteti
• Earthworm-controlled CO2, N2O and N2 emissions from a silt loam soil amended with senescent litter of two energy crops (Silphium perfoliatum and Zea mays)
• Locating enzyme activities and nutrients in the rhizosphere: Combining zymography and DET methods
• Vermiremediation of organically contaminated soils: Concepts, current status, and future perspectives
• Seasonal variation modifies the spatial patterns of soil microbial community structure and enzyme activity in a meadow steppe
• Biological Control of Plant Pathogens: A Global Perspective
• Rhizosphere bacteriome structure and functions
• Intensive fertilization (N, P, K, Ca, and S) decreases organic matter decomposition in paddy soil
• Maize phenology alters the distribution of enzyme activities in soil: Field estimates
• Root exudation and rhizosphere microbial assembly are influenced by novel plant trait diversity in carrot genotypes
• Reconsidering functional redundancy in biodiversity research
• Prokaryotes in Subsoil—Evidence for a Strong Spatial Separation of Different Phyla by Analysing Co-occurrence Networks
• Ecological succession and the competition-colonization trade-off in microbial communities
• How microbes can, and cannot, be used to assess soil health
• Bacteria and archaea on Earth and their abundance in biofilms
• Global patterns of stabilized soil organic carbon and their potential implications for climate mitigation
• Forest Soil Bacteria: Diversity, Involvement in Ecosystem Processes, and Response to Global Change. [europepmc]
• Microbial community-level regulation explains soil carbon responses to long-term litter manipulations. [europepmc]
• Stratification of Diversity and Activity of Methanogenic and Methanotrophic Microorganisms in a Nitrogen-Fertilized Italian Paddy Soil. [europepmc]
• Spatial organization of bacterial populations in response to oxygen and carbon counter-gradients in pore networks. [europepmc]
• A moisture function of soil heterotrophic respiration that incorporates microscale processes. [europepmc]
• Emergent Properties of Microbial Activity in Heterogeneous Soil Microenvironments: Different Research Approaches Are Slowly Converging, Yet Major Challenges Remain. [europepmc]
• To Fix or Not To Fix: Controls on Free-Living Nitrogen Fixation in the Rhizosphere. [europepmc]
• Community ecology across bacteria, archaea and microbial eukaryotes in the sediment and seawater of coastal Puerto Nuevo, Baja California. [europepmc]
• Rapid Transfer of Plant Photosynthates to Soil Bacteria via Ectomycorrhizal Hyphae and Its Interaction With Nitrogen Availability. [europepmc]
• Root Exudation of Primary Metabolites: Mechanisms and Their Roles in Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli. [europepmc]
• Spatial segregation of the biological soil crust microbiome around its foundational cyanobacterium, Microcoleus vaginatus, and the formation of a nitrogen-fixing cyanosphere. [europepmc]
• Diversities and potential biogeochemical impacts of mangrove soil viruses. [europepmc]
• Acidobacteria Subgroups and Their Metabolic Potential for Carbon Degradation in Sugarcane Soil Amended With Vinasse and Nitrogen Fertilizers. [europepmc]
• Fungal-bacterial diversity and microbiome complexity predict ecosystem functioning. [europepmc]
• Niche differentiation is spatially and temporally regulated in the rhizosphere. [europepmc]
• The ecology of heterogeneity: soil bacterial communities and C dynamics. [europepmc]
• Stochastic Dispersal Rather Than Deterministic Selection Explains the Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Soil Bacteria in a Temperate Grassland. [europepmc]
• Nitrogen cycling microbiomes are structured by plant mycorrhizal associations with consequences for nitrogen oxide fluxes in forests. [europepmc]
• Secondary metabolites of Bacillus subtilis impact the assembly of soil-derived semisynthetic bacterial communities. [europepmc]
• Recent Advanced Technologies for the Characterization of Xenobiotic-Degrading Microorganisms and Microbial Communities. [europepmc]
• Fungal-Bacterial Cooccurrence Patterns Differ between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Nonmycorrhizal Fungi across Soil Niches. [europepmc]
• Microfluidic chips provide visual access to in situ soil ecology. [europepmc]
• From diversity to complexity: Microbial networks in soils. [europepmc]
• Composition and metabolism of microbial communities in soil pores. [europepmc]
• Reconsidering functional redundancy in biodiversity research. [europepmc]