Microbial nitrogen limitation increases decomposition.

By Joseph M. Craine, Carley Morrow, Noah Fierer. Ecology, 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science

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Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients (2011, background): “This oligotroph–copiotroph switch may complement other hypotheses posed to explain the inhibition of microbial activities with N fertilization, namely the N mining hypothesis (Craine et al., 2007) and the extracellular inhibition hypothesis (Fog, 1988; Sinsabaugh, 2010).”
The Microbial Efficiency‐Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter? (2013, background): “In contrast, resistant OM residues tend to decompose faster when N limits microbial growth, and microbes need to mine OM richer in N (Craine et al., 2007).”
Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry of stream sediments with comparison to terrestrial soils (2011, background): “The mining of N from humus can drive decomposition (Craine et al. 2007), but increased N deposition may suppress it (Knorr et al. 2005; Treseder 2008; Prescott 2010).”
Does variability in litter quality determine soil microbial respiration in an Amazonian rainforest (2011, background): “As a critical resource, nitrogen (N) has often been found to limit soil microbial processes (e.g. Chapman et al., 2006; Craine et al., 2007), especially in temperate ecosystems that tend to be N-limited (Rennenberg et al.”
Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories (2014, neutral): “Among them there are two competing hypotheses – ‘stoichiometric decomposition’ and ‘microbial nitrogen mining’ – regarding the impacts of nutrient availability on organic matter decomposition (Craine et al., 2007).”
Rhizosphere priming: a nutrient perspective (2013, background): “This has also been referred to as the microbial mining hypothesis (Craine et al., 2007; Fontaine et al., 2011).”
Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options (2010, positive): “Concomitant application of nitrogen-based fertilizers could, in some cases, enhance soil carbon storage by increasing plant production and by suppressing microbial decomposition of recalcitrant organic matte”
The Role of Microbial Communities in the Formation and Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter (2010, background): “However, there is no evidence for phosphorus mining as previous studies suggest that phosphorus additions would either increase short- and long-term mineralization of soil organic matter (Hobbie and Vitousek 2000; Craine et al. 2007) or have no effect (Cleveland and Townsend 2006; McGroddy et al.”
Impact of inorganic nitrogen additions on microbes in biological soil crusts (2015, background): “In general, enhanced N availability should suppress lignin decay (Craine et al., 2007).”
Consistent effects of nitrogen amendments on soil microbial communities and processes across biomes (2012, background): “…reduce decomposition of recalcitrant C in response to their lowered N requirements (microbes no longer ‘mine’ recalcitrant organic matter to obtain N), resulting in a shift towards labile C decomposition and reduced overall microbial activity (Moorhead & Sinsab-augh, 2006; Craine et al. , 2007).”
Rhizosphere priming effects on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization (2014, background): “A potential mechanism is related to microbial N mining (Kuzyakov, 2002; Cheng and Kuzyakov, 2005; Craine et al., 2007; Fontaine et al., 2011; Dijkstra et al., 2013).”