Bacterial and Fungal Contributions to Carbon Sequestration in Agroecosystems

By Johan Six, Serita Frey, Rachel K Thiet, K. M. Batten. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Plant Science, Soil Science

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Hydration and diffusion processes shape microbial community organization and function in model soil aggregates (2015, background): “Soil aggregation promotes accumulation and durability of soil organic matter where microorganisms and plant roots stabilize clusters of soil particles into a hierarchy of structures glued by organic matter [Tisdall and Oades, 1982; Wright and Upadhyaya, 1998; Six et al., 2006].”
The Ecology of Soil Carbon: Pools, Vulnerabilities, and Biotic and Abiotic Controls (2017, result): “Fungi-dominated communities may accumulate more soil carbon than bacteria-dominated systems because fungi produce more recalcitrant compounds and because they have higher CUE than bacteria do, although some recent analyses question this conclusion (Six et al. 2006).”
Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands (2011, positive): “…fungi may differentially affect C cycling, so that ecosystem management that promotes fungi over bacteria, such as the cessation of fertiliser application (Bardgett and McAlister, 1999; Smith et al., 2008), is expected to promote soil C sequestration (Six et al., 2006; Strickland and Rousk, 2010).”
Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options (2010, positive): “This, in turn, may lead to an increased soil carbon to nitrogen ratio, which favours higher fungal dominance and diversit”
The roles of microorganisms in litter decomposition and soil formation (2014, background): “In addition, the transformations and fates of microbial biomass and necromass affect soil formation, stabilization, and fertility (Six et al. 2006; Fontaine et al. 2011; Miltner et al. 2011).”
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial‐plant interactions: What lies ahead? (2015, background): “Soil microbes, particularly fungi, play pivotal roles in altering soil structure (e.g., aggregate formation), which can alter carbon processes (Six et al. 2006, Leifheit et al. 2015, Rillig et al. 2015).”
The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types (2008, background): “Likewise, bacteria and fungi may not mineralize the same types of carbon substrates in soil, and therefore, shifts in carbon pools may have different effects on these two groups of microorganisms (Bossuyt et al., 2001; Six et al., 2006).”
Microbial distribution in soils: physics and scaling (2008, background): “Fungi and bacteria however differentially influence the formation and stabilization of different organic matter components in agricultural soils partly because of their different interactions with soil physical properties (Six et al., 2006).”
Altered patterns of soil carbon substrate usage and heterotrophic respiration in a pine forest with elevated CO2 and N fertilization (2008, background): “…physical protection from microbial attack; being incorporated into microbial biomass; being transformed physically or biologically into other C-containing compounds of various degrees of recalcitrance; or being respired and released as CO2 (Paul & Clark, 1996; Schlesinger, 1997; Six et al., 2006).”
An Underground Revolution: Biodiversity and Soil Ecological Engineering for Agricultural Sustainability. (2016, background): “It is generally assumed that, with higher proportions of fungi in soil, the potential for carbon sequestration increases [25].”
The legacy effect of cover crops on soil fungal populations in a cereal rotation (2016, background): “, 2015) and it may be the case that total fungal biomass (not quantified here) is greater under clover than grass, as found previously (Six et al., 2006).”