Bacterial Carbon Cycling in Soil Is Not a Shared Effort (IMAGE)
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Some bacterial "miners" that process soil nutrients are more efficient than others. Here, a top processor, Bradyrhizobium, consolidates its control of carbon from a glucose addition, processing the nutrients with the efficiency of an industrial excavator.
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Image courtesy of Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University.
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Image courtesy of Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University.
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