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Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield

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Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield. / Malik, Ashish A.; Puissant, Jeremy; Goodall, Tim et al.
In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 132, 05.2019, p. 36-39.

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Malik, AA, Puissant, J, Goodall, T, Allison, SD & Griffiths, RI 2019, 'Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 132, pp. 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

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Malik, A. A., Puissant, J., Goodall, T., Allison, S. D., & Griffiths, R. I. (2019). Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 132, 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

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Malik AA, Puissant J, Goodall T, Allison SD, Griffiths RI. 2019. Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 132:36-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

MLA

Malik, Ashish A. et al. "Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2019, 132. 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

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Malik AA, Puissant J, Goodall T, Allison SD, Griffiths RI. Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2019 May;132:36-39. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

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Malik, Ashish A. ; Puissant, Jeremy ; Goodall, Tim et al. / Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield. In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2019 ; Vol. 132. pp. 36-39.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield

AU - Malik, Ashish A.

AU - Puissant, Jeremy

AU - Goodall, Tim

AU - Allison, Steven D.

AU - Griffiths, Robert I.

PY - 2019/5

Y1 - 2019/5

N2 - Resource acquisition and growth yield are fundamental microbial traits that affect biogeochemical processes and have consequences for ecosystem functioning. However, there is a lack of empirical observations linking these traits. Using a landscape-scale survey of temperate near-neutral pH soils, we show tradeoffs in key community-level parameters linked to these traits. Increased investment into extracellular enzymes estimated using specific potential enzyme activity was associated with reduced growth yield obtained using carbon use efficiency measures from stable isotope tracing. Reduction in growth yield was linked more to carbon than nitrogen acquisition highlighting smaller stoichiometric than energetic constraints on community metabolism in examined soils.

AB - Resource acquisition and growth yield are fundamental microbial traits that affect biogeochemical processes and have consequences for ecosystem functioning. However, there is a lack of empirical observations linking these traits. Using a landscape-scale survey of temperate near-neutral pH soils, we show tradeoffs in key community-level parameters linked to these traits. Increased investment into extracellular enzymes estimated using specific potential enzyme activity was associated with reduced growth yield obtained using carbon use efficiency measures from stable isotope tracing. Reduction in growth yield was linked more to carbon than nitrogen acquisition highlighting smaller stoichiometric than energetic constraints on community metabolism in examined soils.

KW - Carbon

KW - Microbial communities

KW - Enzymes

KW - Carbon use efficiency

KW - Nitrogen

KW - Traits

U2 - 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

DO - 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

M3 - Article

VL - 132

SP - 36

EP - 39

JO - Soil Biology and Biochemistry

JF - Soil Biology and Biochemistry

SN - 0038-0717

ER -