“…Therefore, SIC losses have irreversible and unpredictable implications for soil health, food security and climate amelioration ( Wang et al, 2021 , Raza et al, 2021 ). SIC stocks may increase solely in the presence of Ca 2+ by CO 2 fixation leading to pedogenic carbonate formation, which can be more stable than newly sequestered SOC ( Golubtsov et al, 2021 , An et al, 2019 , Dang et al, 2022 , Liu et al, 2023 ). Oxalotrophic bacteria can also increase SIC stocks by producing carbonates during oxidation of ubiquitous oxalate through a process called oxalate-carbonate pathway ( Syed et al, 2020 , Rowley et al, 2017 ).…”