Mary K. Firestone

University of California System — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(143), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(107), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions(44), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(38), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics(32)

Publications362 total

Reduced legacy precipitation decreases microbial community growth efficiency and alters soil organic carbon in a California grassland
2025Open Access
Quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP) and cross-domain networks reveal bacterial-fungal interactions in the hyphosphere
Microbiome·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Codon bias, nucleotide selection, and genome size predict in situ bacterial growth rate and transcription in rewetted soil
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 11 citedOpen Access
Arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions and nutrient supply mediate floral trait variation and pollinator visitation
New Phytologist·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Inhibition of autotrophic nitrifiers in a nitrogen-rich paddy soil by elevated CO2
Nature Geoscience·2024· 20 cited
Nutrient and moisture limitations reveal keystone metabolites linking rhizosphere metabolomes and microbiomes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 80 citedOpen Access
Codon bias, nucleotide selection, and genome size predict <i>in situ</i> bacterial growth rate and transcription in rewetted soil
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Metatranscriptomes of California grassland soil microbial communities in response to rewetting
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Intermediate soil acidification induces highest nitrous oxide emissions
Nature Communications·2024· 91 citedOpen Access
Inhibition of autotrophic nitrifiers in soil by elevated CO2
2024Open Access
The path from root input to mineral-associated soil carbon is dictated by habitat-specific microbial traits and soil moisture
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2024· 43 citedOpen Access
Arbuscular mycorrhiza convey significant plant carbon to a diverse hyphosphere microbial food web and mineral‐associated organic matter
New Phytologist·2024· 61 citedOpen Access
Soil microbial community response to corrinoids is shaped by a natural reservoir of vitamin B <sub>12</sub>
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Experimental warming accelerates positive soil priming in a temperate grassland ecosystem
Nature Communications·2024· 63 citedOpen Access
Soil microbial community response to corrinoids is shaped by a natural reservoir of vitamin B12
The ISME Journal·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Intermediate soil acidification induces highest nitrous oxide emissions
Figshare·2024Open Access
Viral but not bacterial community successional patterns reflect extreme turnover shortly after rewetting dry soils
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2023· 73 citedOpen Access
Rhizosphere and detritusphere habitats modulate expression of soil N-cycling genes during plant development
mSystems·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
A subset of viruses thrives following microbial resuscitation during rewetting of a seasonally dry California grassland soil
Nature Communications·2023· 59 citedOpen Access
Arbuscular mycorrhiza convey significant plant carbon to a diverse hyphosphere microbial food web and mineral-associated organic matter
2023· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Donald J. Herman(10), Eoin Brodie(6), Erin Nuccio(6), Jennifer Pett‐Ridge(6), Shengjing Shi(4), Jizhong Zhou(4), Eric A. Davidson(4), Steven J. Blazewicz(4), Mark P. Waldrop(4), Stephen C. Hart(3), Romain L. Barnard(3), Peter Weber(3), Whendee L. Silver(3), Kristen M. DeAngelis(3), Joshua P. Schimel(3), Ulisses Nunes da Rocha(2), Yunfeng Yang(2), Zhili He(2), Catherine A. Osborne(2), Egbert Schwartz(2)