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Warming has been affecting carbon cycling in freshwater ecosystems throughout recent decades. However, how the co-metabolism effect (CE) during the decomposition of sediment organic carbon (SOC) in eutrophic lakes responds to warming remains understudied. A 33-day experiment was conducted to examine the mechanisms that underpin the CE in lacustrine sediments. The results indicated that warming increased the co-metabolism intensity of sedimentary organic matter. At the beginning of the experiment (0–9 d), the co-metabolism intensity increased rapidly at both 25℃ and 35℃. However, at the end of the experiment (33 d), the cumulative co-metabolism intensity was highest at 25℃, which was 33.75% and 153.74% higher than the intensities at 15℃ and 35℃, respectively. By enhancing the co-metabolism intensity of the SOC, warming would weaken lakes “carbon sink” functions. Thus, our study provides novel evidence that microorganisms regulate SOC turnover and effectively maintain a balance between resources and microbial requirements.
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This work was supported by Ecological environment scientific research project of Jiangsu Province (No. JSZC-G2021-291), Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (No. 2017ZX07301006), The Special basic research service for the Central Level Public Welfare Research Institute (No. GYZX210517), The Special Fund of Chinese Central Government for Basic Scientific Research Operations in commonweal Research Institute (No. GYZX220405), National Natural Science Foundation of China (42107280), Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Suzhou University (2019jb26).
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Ma, J., Lai, Q., He, F. et al. Warming Enhances the Co-Metabolism Effect During the Decomposition of Sediment Organic Carbon in Eutrophic Lakes. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 109, 984–989 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03608-1
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