Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling

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Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling. / Mooshammer, Maria; Wanek, Wolfgang; Hämmerle, Ieda et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 5, 3694, 16.04.2014.

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Mooshammer, M, Wanek, W, Hämmerle, I, Fuchslueger, L, Hofhansl, F, Knoltsch, A, Schnecker, J, Takriti, M, Watzka, M, Wild, B, Keiblinger, KM, Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S & Richter, A 2014, 'Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling', Nature Communications, vol. 5, 3694. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4694

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Mooshammer, M., Wanek, W., Hämmerle, I., Fuchslueger, L., Hofhansl, F., Knoltsch, A., Schnecker, J., Takriti, M., Watzka, M., Wild, B., Keiblinger, K. M., Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S., & Richter, A. (2014). Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling. Nature Communications, 5, Article 3694. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4694

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Mooshammer M, Wanek W, Hämmerle I, Fuchslueger L, Hofhansl F, Knoltsch A et al. Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling. Nature Communications. 2014 Apr 16;5:3694. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4694

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Mooshammer, Maria ; Wanek, Wolfgang ; Hämmerle, Ieda et al. / Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling. In: Nature Communications. 2014 ; Vol. 5.

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title = "Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling",

abstract = "Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) describes the partitioning of organic N taken up between growth and the release of inorganic N to the environment (that is, N mineralization), and is thus central to our understanding of N cycling. Here we report empirical evidence that microbial decomposer communities in soil and plant litter regulate their NUE. We find that microbes retain most immobilized organic N (high NUE), when they are N limited, resulting in low N mineralization. However, when the metabolic control of microbial decomposers switches from N to C limitation, they release an increasing fraction of organic N as ammonium (low NUE). We conclude that the regulation of NUE is an essential strategy of microbial communities to cope with resource imbalances, independent of the regulation of microbial carbon use efficiency, with significant effects on terrestrial N cycling.",

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AU - Mooshammer, Maria

AU - Wanek, Wolfgang

AU - Hämmerle, Ieda

AU - Fuchslueger, Lucia

AU - Hofhansl, Florian

AU - Knoltsch, Anna

AU - Schnecker, Jörg

AU - Takriti, Mounir

AU - Watzka, Margarete

AU - Wild, Birgit

AU - Keiblinger, Katharina M

AU - Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Sophie

AU - Richter, Andreas

PY - 2014/4/16

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N2 - Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) describes the partitioning of organic N taken up between growth and the release of inorganic N to the environment (that is, N mineralization), and is thus central to our understanding of N cycling. Here we report empirical evidence that microbial decomposer communities in soil and plant litter regulate their NUE. We find that microbes retain most immobilized organic N (high NUE), when they are N limited, resulting in low N mineralization. However, when the metabolic control of microbial decomposers switches from N to C limitation, they release an increasing fraction of organic N as ammonium (low NUE). We conclude that the regulation of NUE is an essential strategy of microbial communities to cope with resource imbalances, independent of the regulation of microbial carbon use efficiency, with significant effects on terrestrial N cycling.

AB - Microbial nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) describes the partitioning of organic N taken up between growth and the release of inorganic N to the environment (that is, N mineralization), and is thus central to our understanding of N cycling. Here we report empirical evidence that microbial decomposer communities in soil and plant litter regulate their NUE. We find that microbes retain most immobilized organic N (high NUE), when they are N limited, resulting in low N mineralization. However, when the metabolic control of microbial decomposers switches from N to C limitation, they release an increasing fraction of organic N as ammonium (low NUE). We conclude that the regulation of NUE is an essential strategy of microbial communities to cope with resource imbalances, independent of the regulation of microbial carbon use efficiency, with significant effects on terrestrial N cycling.

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