Human-induced global change, such as global warming, altered precipitation, carbon dioxide enrichment, atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, land-use change, and plant invasion have fundamentally changed soil biogeochemical processes, including the N cycle. Microorganisms play an essential role in the soil N cycle and subsequently influence soil fertility, crop productivity, and the environment, all of which inevitably provide positive or negative feedback to global change. Previous investigations have revealed that a wide variety of microorganisms catalyze different steps of the N cycle. In particular, the newly discovered microorganisms, such as atypical nitrous oxide (N2O) reducers and complete ammonia oxidizers, have fundamentally renewed our understanding of N-cycling microorganisms and associated processes in the past decade. However, how N-cycling microorganisms and associated processes respond to global change remains highly elusive.
In this Research Topic, we aim to shed light on the mechanisms that how global change influences N-cycling microorganisms and the associated N transformation process, as well as their consequences for soil fertility and environmental protection. These findings would advance our understanding of the ecology, physiology, and function of N-cycling microorganisms under global change. Please note that research that only focused on the microbiome, without microbial chemistry, biogeochemistry, or environmental chemistry is not welcome in this section.
This Research Topic focuses on, but is not limited to the following topics:
- Response and feedback of N-cycling microorganisms and associated chemical processes to global change.
- Role of N-cycling microorganisms in aiding plants to cope with global change.
- Microbiome-based strategies to cope with global change.
- Environmental control of the community structure and function of N-cycling microorganisms under global change.
- Characteristics, distributions, and functions of the newly discovered N-cycling microorganisms and their response and feedback to global change.
Human-induced global change, such as global warming, altered precipitation, carbon dioxide enrichment, atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, land-use change, and plant invasion have fundamentally changed soil biogeochemical processes, including the N cycle. Microorganisms play an essential role in the soil N cycle and subsequently influence soil fertility, crop productivity, and the environment, all of which inevitably provide positive or negative feedback to global change. Previous investigations have revealed that a wide variety of microorganisms catalyze different steps of the N cycle. In particular, the newly discovered microorganisms, such as atypical nitrous oxide (N2O) reducers and complete ammonia oxidizers, have fundamentally renewed our understanding of N-cycling microorganisms and associated processes in the past decade. However, how N-cycling microorganisms and associated processes respond to global change remains highly elusive.
In this Research Topic, we aim to shed light on the mechanisms that how global change influences N-cycling microorganisms and the associated N transformation process, as well as their consequences for soil fertility and environmental protection. These findings would advance our understanding of the ecology, physiology, and function of N-cycling microorganisms under global change. Please note that research that only focused on the microbiome, without microbial chemistry, biogeochemistry, or environmental chemistry is not welcome in this section.
This Research Topic focuses on, but is not limited to the following topics:
- Response and feedback of N-cycling microorganisms and associated chemical processes to global change.
- Role of N-cycling microorganisms in aiding plants to cope with global change.
- Microbiome-based strategies to cope with global change.
- Environmental control of the community structure and function of N-cycling microorganisms under global change.
- Characteristics, distributions, and functions of the newly discovered N-cycling microorganisms and their response and feedback to global change.