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  "abstract": "Soils are Earth’s largest carbon reservoir, yet microbial mechanisms controlling decomposition, and their warming response, remain poorly resolved, especially in subsoils. Using genome-resolved proteogenomics within a replicated whole-soil warming experiment (0–90 cm, +4 °C, 7.5 years) we map microbial traits, their depth stratification, and warming responses. Depth is the dominant driver of microbial community and trait structure. Depth-wise, metabolism converge on low-molecular-weight and C1 compounds, challenging glucose-centric models, with surface soils enriched in methanol oxidation and deep soils in alcohol fermentation, CO oxidation and N₂ fixation. Abundant sialidases in deep soils implicate glycoproteins as a key carbon source. Warming effects are smaller and decrease over time but are depth-specific: surface soils show enhanced amino sugar and sugar alcohol transport, phosphorus mobilization, and stress tolerance, whereas mid- and deep soils exhibit stimulated C1 metabolism, CO oxidation, and altered nitrogen turnover. These depth-specific microbial trait shifts may critically influence soil carbon–climate feedbacks.",
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      "name": "Ulas Karaoz",
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    {
      "name": "Ricardo J. E. Alves",
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    {
      "name": "Nikola Tolic"
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    {
      "name": "Rosalie K. Chu",
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    {
      "name": "Carrie Nicora",
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      "name": "Jason Toyoda",
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    {
      "name": "Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-8162-1276"
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    {
      "name": "Margaret S. Torn",
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    {
      "name": "Eoin L. Brodie",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-8453-8435"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/3vqx75qtf6bxp.bib",
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  "doi": "10.1038/s41467-026-78137-0",
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  "licence_label": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "pdf_url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-78137-0.pdf",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-10-13",
  "publisher": "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
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  "subjects": [
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  "title": "Soil proteogenomics uncover microbial strategies for soil depth-specific carbon cycling under whole-soil warming conditions",
  "title_text": "Soil proteogenomics uncover microbial strategies for soil depth-specific carbon cycling under whole-soil warming conditions",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:17:38Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/3vqx75qtf6bxp",
  "venue": "Nature Communications",
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