Abstract:The secretion of extracellular enzymes by soil microbes is rate-limiting in the global recycling of biomass. Fungi and bacteria compete and collaborate for nutrients in the soil, with wide ranging ecological impacts. Within soil microbiota, the Bacteroidetes tend to be a dominant bacterial phylum, just like in human and animal intestines. The enzymology of Bacteroidetes in the dynamic and competitive soil environment is under-explored compared to their cousins from the human and ruminant gut ecosystems. We are… Show more
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