Edaphic controls on genome size and GC content of bacteria in soil microbial communities
P. F. Chuckran, C. Flagg, J. Propster, W. A. Rutherford, E. T. Sieradzki, S. J. Blazewicz, B. A. Hungate, J. A. Pett-Ridge, E. Schwartz, P. Dijkstra
The paper uses soil metagenomes to show that pH, soil carbon content, and nutrient availability influence bacterial genome size, GC content, and amino acid composition.
bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2021Ecology