Yi Zhou1,2, David R. Coventry1, Vadakattu V. S. R. Gupta3, David Fuentes4, Andrew Merchant4, Brent N. Kaiser4, Jishun Li2,5, Yanli Wei2,5, Huan Liu6, Yayu Wang6, Shuheng Gan6 & Matthew D. Denton1,2 Genome Biology volume 21, Article number: 89 (2020) Cite this article Abstract Background The soil environment is responsible for sustaining most terrestrial plant life, yet we know surprisingly little about the important functions carried out by diverse microbial communities in soil.
