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Jul 2026
Carbohydrate-active enzymes of soil prophages enhance global carbon cycling potential
It is revealed that prophages have potential to accelerate labile soil C degradation by encoding pCAZymes that cooperate with their bacterial hosts, and pCAZymes can enhance host-mediated organic C mineralization by increasing degradative enzyme activity.
Hanpeng Liao, C. Ai, Chen Liu et al.
· Nature Communications · 0 citations