Growth rate reflects an organism's fitness and resource use, offering a link between the ecology and evolution of microorganisms and their roles in ecosystem services, such as carbon and nutrient cycling. Link: (2/6).

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This was a team effort with many amazing collaborators @BruceHungate @Tris_Caro @NoahFierer @Jenniferca @NoahSokol + many others. (6/6).

We also explore how these measurements can be used to test and refine theories on microbial life history strategies, SOM formation, and soil microbial food webs, offering valuable insights into microbial contributions to ecosystem processes. (5/6).

We discuss variation in growth rate measurements, which spans over four orders of magnitude, and its likely drivers. Methodological differences contribute to this variation and offer opportunities to investigate how microorganisms grow and survive in natural environments. (4/6)

We consider how growth rates of soil microorganisms are measured in situ, from the scale of entire assemblages down to the level of individual populations. (3/6).

Our paper is out in @NatEcoEvo: "Growth rate as a link between microbial diversity and soil biogeochemistry” (1/6)

Soil microorganisms exist in a range of physiological states, from dormancy to exponential growth, with profoundly different consequences for soil carbon and nutrient cycling. Join me next week to explore how microbial growth rates affect soil ecology. #PhDDefense #Soils #Ecology

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so exciting to see this out! excellent work led Bram Stone exploring the copiotroph-oligotroph dichotomy .

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