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The passage directly reports comparable production and comparable-or-greater incorporation of EPS-derived carbon relative to cellular residues. DATASET_RESULT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 14270

Source: Microbial extracellular residues are a major source of mineral-associated soil carbon · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:76b787fa6d8ef10c051151fd45f918548dfdb6a2cc2d613054bf65bfed1db009

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We find that extracellular polymeric substances constitute a major microbial carbon input to soils, with production rates comparable to those of microbial cellular residues and they exhibit statistical associations with mineral-associated organic carbon across soils. In 13C-labelling microcosm experiments, carbon derived from extracellular polymeric substances is incorporated into the mineral-associated organic carbon pool at rates comparable to or exceeding those of microbial cellular residues.

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