A number of nonlinear microbial models of soil carbon decomposition have been
developed. Some of them have been applied globally but have yet to be shown to
realistically represent soil carbon dynamics in the field. A thorough analysis of their key
differences is needed to inform future model developments. Here we compare two nonlinear
microbial models of soil carbon decomposition: one based on reverse Michaelis–Menten
kinetics (model A) and the other on regular Michaelis–Menten kinetics (model B). Using …

A number of nonlinear microbial models of soil carbon decomposition have been
developed. Some of them have been applied globally but have yet to be shown to
realistically represent soil carbon dynamics in the field. Therefore a thorough analysis of
their key differences will be very useful for the future development of these models. Here we
5 compare two nonlinear microbial models of soil carbon decomposition: one is based on
reverse Michaelis-Menten kinetics (model A) and the other on regular Michaelis-Menten …