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microbial carbon use efficiency: a standalone construct

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Soil science

the fraction of carbon taken up by soil microbes that goes to growth rather than respiration, controlling how much organic carbon soils retain.

In soil science, microbial carbon use efficiency refers to the fraction of carbon taken up by soil microbes that goes to growth rather than respiration, controlling how much organic carbon soils retain. This meaning comes from Manzoni (2012) in New Phytologist.[1]

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References

Manzoni, S., Taylor, P., Richter, A., Porporato, A., & Ågren, G. I. (2012). Environmental and stoichiometric controls on microbial carbon‐use efficiency in soils. New Phytologist, 196(1), 79-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04225.x

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