Microbial Pump (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Microbial Pump

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The soil microbial carbon pump (MCP) moves carbon derived from microbial anabolism into soil where it can become stabilized by the entombing effect. The yin-yang symbol represents a key part of soil MCP that links aboveground vegetation to belowground soil, and creates a sense of movement to illustrate that the movement is driven, but driven differently, by fungi and bacteria.

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Xuefeng Zhu

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