Katerina Estera‐Molina

The paper shows reduced precipitation increases microbial uptake and processing of rhizodeposit carbon near roots in grasslands, altering carbon cycling without plant stress.

This study examines how drought affects carbon allocation in oil-enhanced sorghum, showing that drought overrides engineered lipid sink effects on root carbon investment and soil carbon delivery.

This study shows that reduced winter precipitation lowers microbial growth efficiency and shifts soil organic carbon composition in a California grassland.

This study examines how drought affects the formation and persistence of mineral-associated organic matter in grassland soil, finding reduced formation but enhanced persistence of detrital-derived MAOM.

This study shows that transgenic rice genotypes overexpressing PSY genes reduce methane emissions by altering rhizosphere microbial hydrogen cycling through changes in gene activity and metabolic pathways.

This study examines soil viral communities in Mediterranean grasslands, finding that spatial factors dominate over temporal variation in shaping viral community structure.

The paper measures microbial growth rates in soil habitats to test if specialists grow faster than generalists, finding specialists do, with fungal responses differing due to life-history strategies.

The paper links genomic traits like codon bias and genome size to bacterial growth and transcription rates in rewetted soil using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data.

The paper investigates how microbial activity in grassland soils varies with depth and water availability, identifying active predatory bacteria and episymbionts in different soil layers.