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Summary: Fungal Taxa Target Different Carbon
Sources in Forest Soil
China A. Hanson,1
* Steven D. Allison,1
Mark A. Bradford,2
Matthew D.
Wallenstein,3
and Kathleen K. Treseder1
1
Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Earth System Science, University of California, 5205 McGaugh Hall, Irvine,
California 92697, USA; 2
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, 717A Biological Sciences Bldg, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA;
3
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, NESB B242, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
ABSTRACT
Soil microbes are among the most abundant and
diverse organisms on Earth. Although microbial
decomposers, particularly fungi, are important
mediators of global carbon and nutrient cycling, the
functional roles of specific taxa within natural
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