SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

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Geographic patterns of co-occurrence network topological features for soil microbiota at continental scale in eastern China (2016, background): “Soil microbiota play critical roles in a wide range of biogeochemical cycles and comprise the major pool of living biomass in soil ecosystems (Miltner et al., 2012; Xu et al., 2013).”
Nano-scale investigation of the association of microbial nitrogen residues with iron (hydr)oxides in a forest soil O-horizon (2012, background): “The association of EPS with mineral surfaces via such sorptive interactions has been suggested to be the initial step in the formation of organo-mineral assemblages in soils (Chenu and Stotzky, 2002), which are widely seen as essential to soil C and N stability (Lehmann et al., 2006; Kögel-Knabner e”
Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils (2015, background): “Mineralassociated SOM is predominantly composed of microbial products (Miltner et al., 2012).”
Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization, and the carbon saturation concept (2015, methodology): “The role of plant residues and microaggregate occlusion Current evidence suggests microbial residues in mineral-associated SOM account for the majority of SOM in most soils (e.g., Kirchmann et al., 2004; Miltner et al., 2012; Plaza et al., 2013).”