A few bacterial taxa dominate carbon processing in soil (IMAGE)

Northern Arizona University

A few bacterial taxa dominate carbon processing in soil

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Bacterial "miners" shown in relief working to process soil nutrients, some more efficiently than others. Bradyrhizobium, one of the three top nutrient processors identified in the study, is shown here consolidating its control of carbon from a glucose addition, processing the nutrients with industrial efficiency (in the form of a bucket wheel excavator).

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Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University

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