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K. Estera-Molina

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Microbiology· 2 Biochemistry· 1 Ecology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 3 Assay:metagenomics· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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J. Pett-Ridge· 4 shared M. K. Firestone· 4 shared M. Yuan· 3 shared P. Nico· 2 shared A. Battacharyya· 1 shared A. Greenlon· 1 shared A. Kakouridis· 1 shared B. A. Hungate· 1 shared

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2022-2024 · peak 3/yr

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Arbuscular mycorrhiza convey significant plant carbon to a diverse hyphosphere microbial food web and mineral-associated organic matter

A. Kakouridis, M. Yuan, E. E. Nuccio, J. A. Hagen, C. A. Fossum, M. L. Moore, K. Estera-Molina, P. S. Nico, P. K. Weber, J. Pett-Ridge, M. K. Firestone

This study quantifies how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi transfer plant carbon to soil microbial communities and mineral-associated organic matter.

New Phytologist · Feb 15, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Divergent microbial traits influence the transformation of living versus dead root inputs to soil carbon

N. Sokol, M. Foley, S. J. Blazewicz, A. Battacharyya, K. Estera-Molina, M. K. Firestone, A. Greenlon, B. A. Hungate, J. Kimbrel, J. Liquet, M. Lafler, M. Marple, P. Nico, E. Slessarev, J. Pett-Ridge

The paper investigates how microbial traits affect soil carbon transformation from living and dead root inputs under different moisture conditions.

bioRxiv · Sep 2, 2022 · PreprintEcology

Spatial turnover of soil viral populations and genotypes overlain by cohesive responses to moisture in grasslands

C. Santos-Medellin, K. Estera-Molina, M. Yuan, J. Pett-Ridge, M. K. Firestone, J. B. Emerson

The paper analyzes soil viromes in a Mediterranean grassland to show spatial turnover and moisture-driven responses in viral communities.

bioRxiv · Mar 24, 2022Microbiology

Belowground allocation and dynamics of recently fixed plant carbon in a California annual grassland soil

C. Fossum, K. Estera-Molina, M. Yuan, D. Herman, I. Chu-Jacoby, P. Nico, K. Morrison, J. Pett-Ridge, M. K. Firestone

This study tracks the fate of plant-fixed carbon in a California grassland soil over two years, showing rapid mineral association and long-term persistence of carbon in heavy soil fractions.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry · Feb 1, 2022Peer-reviewedBiochemistry