Database for the Priority Program 2322 SoilSystems – Soils and substrates used in the first phase (2021-2024)

<p><span>The presented data set represents a comprehensive characterization of soil samples that were used in the German joint research priority program 2322 &rdquo;SoilSystems: Systems ecology of soils &ndash; energy discharge modulated by microbiome and boundary conditions&rdquo; funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). The joint research program <em><span>SoilSystems</span></em> aims to integrate a thermodynamic description of the soil system for the first time in order to gain a systemic view on energy and matter fluxes and their interactions with living and non-living soil components. </span><span>These include numerous aspects and parameters of soil (organic matter) chemistry, soil microbiology (including faunal trophic levels) and the new discipline of soil thermodynamics. In order to have a joint focus in the individual research activities, a &lsquo;Common Experimental Platform&rsquo; has been set up. The provision of shared soil samples, substrates and incubation conditions should enable coherent and interlinked data to be obtained. </span><span>More information can be found here: <a href="https://soilsystems.net/">https://soilsystems.net/</a>. </span></p>