Intro; Series Preface; Volume Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Carbon Cycle Implications of Soil Microbial Interactions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Allocation Patterns; 1.2.1 Interaction-Mediated Phenotypic Plasticity; 1.2.1.1 Interaction Agents in the Soil Environment; 1.2.1.2 Soil Biofilms; 1.2.1.3 Growth and Dormancy; 1.3 Evolution of Traits with Carbon Cycling Consequences; 1.3.1 Horizontal Gene Transfer; 1.3.2 Cheaters; 1.3.3 Black Queen, Cross-Feeding, and Syntrophy; 1.4 Community Structure; 1.4.1 Community Composition Is Determined by Microbial Interactions

1.4.1.1 Spatially Defined Interactions1.4.1.2 Inhibition and Reduction of Niche Overlap; 1.4.1.3 Fungal Interactions; 1.4.2 Evolutionary Feedbacks on Carbon Cycling; 1.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects of the Modern Nitrogen Cycle; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Processes Old and New; 2.2.1 Immobilization and Mobilization (Uptake and Mineralization); 2.2.2 Nitrification; 2.2.3 Nitrate Reduction; 2.2.3.1 Assimilatory Nitrate Reduction; 2.2.3.2 Denitrification; 2.2.3.3 Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction; 2.2.3.4 Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox)

2.2.4 Nitrogen Fixation2.2.4.1 Biological Nitrogen Fixation; 2.2.4.2 Industrial Nitrogen Fixation by the Haber-Bosch Process; 2.3 Quantitative Aspects of the Modern Nitrogen Cycle; 2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Integrating Soil Microbiology into Ecosystem Science; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Physiological Traits that Scale to Ecosystem Processes; 3.2.1 Carbon Use Efficiency; 3.2.2 Microbial Temperature Responses; 3.2.3 Stoichiometry of Microbial Cells in Relation to Soil Organic Matter; 3.2.4 Extracellular Enzymes; 3.2.5 Stress Tolerance

3.3 Microbial Community Interactions that Impact Ecosystem Processes3.3.1 Microbial Food Webs; 3.3.2 Competition and Synergism in Microbial Communities; 3.4 The Impact of Plant-Microbe Interactions on Ecosystem Processes and Global Change; 3.4.1 Global Change and Nutrient Cycling; 3.4.2 Soil Feedbacks and Plant Community Change; 3.5 Relating Soil Microbial Community Structure to Ecosystem Function; 3.5.1 Predicting Ecological Strategies from Taxonomy; 3.5.2 Assigning Ecological Roles Based on DNA Sequence Data; 3.5.3 Temperature Responses Versus Taxonomy

3.5.4 Emergent Properties of Microbial Communities: The Importance of Diversity in Ecosystem Functioning3.6 Integrating Microbial Diversity and Physiology into Ecosystem Models; 3.6.1 Emergence of Microbial Models; 3.6.2 Classification of Microbial Physiology and Diversity Simulated in Selected Models; 3.6.2.1 Physiological Limits; 3.6.2.2 Microbial Growth; 3.6.2.3 Plant-Microbe Interactions; 3.6.2.4 Stoichiometry; 3.6.2.5 Microbial Community Interactions; 3.6.2.6 Microbial Dormancy; 3.6.2.7 Community Structure; 3.7 Conclusion; References