Research Associate Syed Ismail Hussain from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Water Institute members Carol Ptacek, University Research Chair in Earth and Environmental Sciences, and David Blowes, Canada Research Chair in Groundwater Remediation, together with Agriculture Agrifood Canada (AAFC) Research Scientists Lori Phillips and David Lapen, and their colleagues, recently had their paper selected as an Editors’ Pick by the journal Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
Featured in the September 2021 Editors’ Picks, the paper is entitled “Differences in phosphorus biogeochemistry and mediating microorganisms in the matrix and macropores of an agricultural clay loam soil”.
In recognizing the paper, the Editor of Soil Biology and Biochemistry commented, “Soil biology is never just about biology—microbes are constrained by the physical matrix they live in and how it regulates resources and their interactions. The complex web of interactions that occur at the micro-scale create the most complex habitat for life on Earth (or perhaps in earth). Yet, how the soil system functions at this scale are among the most poorly understood aspects of soil biology.”
“This paper made a major contribution by integrating
a suite of powerful tools to explore how the pore structure of soil regulates phosphorus biogeochemistry and through this the ways in which soil microbes regulate P dynamics.” said the editor of Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
Read the Editors’ Pick from Soil Biology and Biochemistry here.