Soils are arguably the most microbially diverse ecosystems. Physicochemical properties have been associated with the maintenance of this diversity. Yet, the role of microbial substrate specialization is largely unexplored since substrate utilization studies have focused on simple substrates, not the complex mixtures representative of the soil environment.
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- Baran, Richard (Author)
- Brodie, Eoin L. (Author)
- Mayberry-Lewis, Jazmine (Author)
- Hummel, Eric (Author)
- Nunes Da Rocha, Ulisses (Author)
- Chakraborty, Romy (Author)
- Bowen, Benjamin P. (Author)
- Karaoz, Ulas (Author)
- Cadillo-Quiroz, Hinsby (Author)
- Garcia-Pichel, Ferran (Author)
- Northern, Trent R. (Author)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.1038/ncomms9289
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Baran, R., Brodie, E. L., Mayberry-Lewis, J., Hummel, E., Rocha, U. N., Chakraborty, R., . . . Northen, T. R. (2015). Exometabolite niche partitioning among sympatric soil bacteria. Nature Communications, 6, 8289. doi:10.1038/ncomms9289