Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs dominate dinitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts during early crust formation
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Charles Pepe-Ranney1, Chantal Koechli 2, Ruth Potrafka 3, Cheryl Andam 2, Erin Eggleston 2, Ferran Garcia-Pichel 3, Daniel H Buckley1,∗ 1Cornell University, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA 2Cornell University, Department of Microbiology, Ithaca, NY, USA 3Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Correspondence*: Daniel H Buckley Cornell University, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA,
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