Liquid Carbon Pathway | Soil Organic Carbon Masterclass | Regenerative Agriculture 

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Jim Elizondo has recently produced a video on this where he talks about ‘fat microbes’ produced predominately in the stockpiling areas. My interpretation is when plants are developing their seed they require a lot of micronutrients which they obtain by exchanging lipids or at least not simple sugars. Its the consequent breakdown of these ‘fat microbes’ that produces humus. Probably not 100% correct but easy to understand. Great series btw, nice balance between the technical and making it understandable to the lay person like me.

I've heard before that a nitrate fed system, compared to one driven by ammonium, can interupt the LCP. Do you know why that could be?

I just wanted to mention that the part about lipids is not correct. Amino acids or amino sugars are not the same as lipids but independent chemical group with a different make up than lipids. Lipids (like phospholipids) are components of cell membranes of plants and miccroorganisms whereas amino acids and sugars are synthezied within a cell. So yes, when a cell by interruption of its cell membrane or other reasons amino acids and sugars might be released from the cell. But as these components are easily degradable they are rapidly taken up by other micoorganisms and are thus rarely fixated within the soil. It is rather a cycle of mobilization (by cell death) and immobilization (by being taken up). So basically increasing the lipid content is not what you are looking for. You are loking to increase the microbial biomass, by increasing root exudates (which also contain amino acids and sugars). These compontents are then taken up by microorganisms and are converted into lipds which are needed for their cell membranes. Oh and also, proteins are made of amino acids. So its amino acids --> proteins. The chemical strucutre of lipids is different. Lipids are build from fatty acids with a polar phosphor beads (in the case of phospholipids which most cell membranes are made of). Allthough the message is understandable, the chemical part in this video is pretty mixed up and not correct