This study is part of the Microbes Persist: Systems Biology of the Soil Microbiome Science Focus Area, which seeks to understand how microbial ecophysiology, population dynamics, and microbe–mineral–organic matter interactions regulate the persistence of microbial residues in soil under changing moisture regimes.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344 (LLNL) for the Microbes Persist Soil Microbiome Science Focus Area.|BER Genomic Sciences Early Career Research Program award SCW1478 to J. Pett-Ridge.