Dataset for microbial community and carbon use efficiency determined under SPP project- CueNosc

This dataset encapsulates molecular and biothermal data derived from the CueNosc sub-project, which operates under the umbrella of the German research initiative "SoilSystems: Systems Ecology of Soils – Energy Discharge Modulated by Microbiome and Boundary Conditions." This initiative is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) as part of the priority program 2322.

We carried out a microcosm incubation experiment utilizing both intact soil samples and soil-free microbial cell extracts (SFCE). The primary aim was to assess the impact of various carbon substrates—including glucose, glutamine, glycerol, and citric acid—on microbial communities' dynamic and their carbon use efficiency (CUE). The data collected includes detailed analyses of microbial community composition at the phylum level and CUE values. Carbon use efficiency was obtained by calculating the calorespirometric ratio (metabolic heat production to respiration).