Silica and testate amoebae in a soil under pine–oak forest

By Y. Aoki, M. Hoshino, T. Matsubara. 2007

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Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with (2017, unknown): “Protists might even play a role in silica cycling as some use Si as reinforcing elements or in an exoskeleton (Aoki et al., 2007; Creevy et al., 2016).”
Geomicrobiology of Eukaryotic Microorganisms (2010, background): “Some of this silicic acid in soil is converted into internal silica bodies (phytoliths) by vascular plants such as Equisetum and many grasses and sedges (Raven 2003), and into silica in the tests (shells) of soil-dwelling testate amoebae from the euglyphid Rhizaria and, possibly, the testate amoeboz”
The interplay between microbial communities and soil properties (2023, unknown): “In forest soils, biosilicifica-tion from testate amoebae was comparable in magnitude to the silica released by trees through litter fall, which highlights the relevance of protists to soil silica dynamics 45,46 .”
The Global Biogeochemical Silicon Cycle (2009, unknown): “potentially important terrestrial bio-reactors of Si [57].”
Testate Amoebae and Nutrient Cycling with Particular Reference to Soils (2010, background): “For example the work of Aoki et al. (2007) illustrates this point by showing that although the amount of silica in testate shells in their forest soils at any one time was relatively small, the rapid turnover of testates resulted in them having a much greater annual importance than suggested by…”