MicrobiologybioRxiv
Global soil metagenomics reveals ubiquitous yet previously-hidden predominance of Deltaproteobacteria in nitrogen-fixing microbiome
Y. Masuda, K. Mise, Z. Xu…·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.
DOI 10.1186/s40168-024-01812-1