Dominant and functionally important soil microbes show strong, predictable, and distinctly different associations with continental-scale gradients in climate, vegetation, and soil moisture.

The size of the alkali metal within the material influences the crystallization pathway.

A novel ecological measurement uncovered interactions between river corridor organic matter assemblages and microbial communities, highlighting potentially important microbial taxa and molecular formula types.

New data analysis approach gives researchers deeper understanding of microbial ecology and evolution.

Surface characterization allows researchers to explore the compatibility between different solvent-membrane combinations.

Study reveals importance of accounting for micrometer scale distribution of substrates to predict carbon emissions from soil.

Soil moisture influences both the activity of soil DNA viruses, as well as the composition and abundance of RNA viruses.

Knowing which bacteria in a community are involved with carbon cycling could help scientists predict how microbial carbon storage and release could influence future climate dynamics.

Microbiome and soil chemistry characterization at long-term bioenergy research sites challenges idea that switchgrass increases carbon accrual in surface soils of marginal lands.

Controlled synthesis and processing allow researchers to test how ions move through energy-relevant materials.