Carmen Höschen

Oct 19, 2023 | nature.com | Roland C. Wilhelm |Steffen Schweizer |Carmen Höschen |Daniel Buckley |Itamar A. Shabtai

AbstractCalcium (Ca) can contribute to soil organic carbon (SOC) persistence by mediating physico-chemical interactions between organic compounds and minerals. Yet, Ca is also crucial for microbial adhesion, potentially affecting colonization of plant and mineral surfaces. The importance of Ca as a mediator of microbe-mineral-organic matter interactions and resulting SOC transformation has been largely overlooked.