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. 2024 Jun 11;13(6):e0032224.
doi: 10.1128/mra.00322-24. Epub 2024 May 21.

Metatranscriptomes of California grassland soil microbial communities in response to rewetting

Peter F Chuckran  1 , Katerina Estera-Molina  1   2 , Marcel Huntemann  3 , Brian Foster  3 , Simon Roux  3 , Supratim Mukherjee  3 , Patrick Hajek  3 , T B K Reddy  3 , Chris Daum  3 , I-Min A Chen  3 , Christa Pennacchio  3 , Emiley A Eloe-Fadrosh  3 , Paul Dijkstra  4 , Mary K Firestone  1 , Steven J Blazewicz  2 , Jennifer Pett-Ridge  2   5   6
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Metatranscriptomes of California grassland soil microbial communities in response to rewetting

Peter F Chuckran et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

When very dry soil is rewet, rapid stimulation of microbial activity has important implications for ecosystem biogeochemistry, yet associated changes in microbial transcription are poorly known. Here, we present metatranscriptomes of California annual grassland soil microbial communities, collected over 1 week from soils rewet after a summer drought-providing a time series of short-term transcriptional response during rewetting.

Keywords: biogeochemistry; metatranscriptomics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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