Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Carbon mineralization is tightly coupled to the release of minerals N, P, and S
Reason (R) : It is driven by microbial requirements for C and nutrients for their maintenance, growth, and the production of extracellular metabolites including enzymes
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.