Ammonia leakage can underpin nitrogen-sharing among soil microbes
Luke Richards, Kelsey Cremin, Mary Coates, Finley Vigor, Patrick Schäfer, Orkun S. Soyer
The paper shows that ammonia leakage from bacteria enables nitrogen sharing with fungi in soil, highlighting a previously underappreciated mechanism of microbial interaction.
The ISME Journal · Jan 1, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology