Sentences with phrase «from microbial decomposition»

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Rapid decomposition facilitated by warm temperatures and abundant moisture in these same tropical regions slowed the accumulation of organic matter that was not protected from microbial decomposers.

Model simulations can always be improved by testing predictions against field data collected from different ecosystems, and Sulman and Phillips are doing just that: investigating how roots influence soil decomposition and protected forms of carbon in forests that vary in the composition of tree and microbial communities.

They write, «We show that anaerobic microsites are important regulators of soil carbon persistence, shifting microbial metabolism to less efficient anaerobic respiration and selectively protecting otherwise bioavailable, reduced organic compounds such as lipids and waxes from decomposition.