Artificial Soils Reveal Individual Factor Controls on Microbial Processes
Abstract
Understanding environmental controls on soil microbes is difficult because many abiotic parameters vary simultaneously and uncontrollably when different natural soils are compared, preventing mechanistic determination of any individual soil parameter’s effect on microbial behaviors. We describe how soil texture, mineralogy, pH, and organic matter content can be varied individually within artificial soils to study their effects on soil microbes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 30, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1128/msystems.00301-22
Entities
People
- Caroline A Masiello
- Ilenne Del Valle
- Jonathan J Silberg
- Teamrat A. Ghezzehei
- Xiaodong Gao
Organizations
- Rice University
- University of California
- W. M. Keck Foundation