Global soil metagenomics reveals ubiquitous yet previously-hidden predominance of Deltaproteobacteria in nitrogen-fixing microbiome
Y. Masuda, K. Mise, Z. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Shiratori, K. Senoo, H. Itoh
The paper reveals that Deltaproteobacteria, specifically Anaeromyxobacteraceae and Geobacteraceae, are widespread and dominant in soil nitrogen-fixing microbiomes, challenging previous assumptions about major nitrogen-fixing groups.
bioRxiv · Dec 9, 2022Microbiology