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Fungal pathways pump the carbon down, while soil nutrients flow right up!
007skaty In the soil microbial carbon pump model, microbes digest plant litter and leave carbon-rich necromass that bonds with
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007skaty Grow root systems to discover how plants pump and store carbon deep underground.
Fungal carbon: Mycorrhizal fungi transport up to thirteen billion tons of carbon underground each year, which is more than a third of global fossil fuel emissions.
In soil ecosystems, how much carbon do mycorrhizal fungi transport from plants to the soil annually?
What resource do plants trade with mycorrhizal fungi in exchange for soil nutrients?
The sticky protein glomalin can account for up to what percentage of stored soil carbon?