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Christian Kost

Osnabrück UniversityORCID 0000-0002-7870-7343Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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MicrobiologyNature MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedAug 24, 2026

Obligate cross-feeding of metabolites is common in soil microbial communities

Ghada Yousif, Francisco Zorrilla, Swagatika Dash…·Christian Kost

The paper shows that many soil bacteria depend on metabolite supplementation from other community members, revealing widespread cross-feeding in soil microbial communities.

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