Bacterial richness enhances the thermostability of soil organic matter via a long-term trade-off between molecular diversity and thermodynamic stability
Meng Wu, Emanuele Lugato, Pengfa Li, Jia Liu, Cunpu Qiu, Shuang Wang, Xingzhu Ma, Xiaoyu Hao, Ming Liu, Jun Shan, Xiaoyuan Yan, Zhongpei Li
Topics & Concepts
ThermostabilityMolecular dynamicsChemistrySoil organic matterChemical stabilityGibbs free energySoil waterEnvironmental chemistryStability (learning theory)Carbon fibersThermodynamicsSoil carbonOrganic matterChemical engineeringSpecies richnessSoil biologyThermodynamic equilibriumMolecular evolutionThermogravimetric analysisSoil microbiologySoil chemistrySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiologythermodynamics and calorimetric analyses