Adolphe ZEZE

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1. Introduction Soil microorganisms play a crucial role in the dynamic transformation of soil nutrients (Schulz et al., 2013), organic matter transformation, the enhancement of plant productivity, and the control of soil-borne diseases (Pieterse et al., 2016). However, soil microorganisms are highly sensitive to soil disturbance and management practices, which can lead to changes in their functionality (Cordovez et al., 2019).

1. Introduction Members of the Macrococcus genus are Gram-positive, catalase-positive, oxidase-positive, and coagulase-negative cocci (Mazhar et al., 2018; Ramos et al., 2021). The Macrococcus genus is a member of the Staphylococcaceae family and was first proposed as a novel genus in 1998, when its four original species (M. caseolyticus, M. equipercicus, M. bovicus, and M.