TY - RPRT TI - Continental-scale integration of soil metagenomes and organic matter chemistry reveals ubiquitous microbial capacity for chemically-recalcitrant carbon decomposition AU - Song, Young C. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)] (ORCID:0000000305801600) AU - Shi, Cheng [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL); Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Dübendorf (Switzerland). Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung, Abwasserreinigung und Gewässerschutz) (Eawag)] (ORCID:0000000169851514) AU - Stratton, Kelly G. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000217219688) AU - Ayala-Ortiz, Christian [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000181542378) AU - Stohel, Izabel [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)] AU - Freire-Zapata, Viviana [University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)] (ORCID:0000000263061711) AU - Tfaily, Malak M. [University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)] (ORCID:0000000230362833) AU - Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley [USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)] AU - Graham, Emily B. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Washington State University, Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000246237076) PY - 2026 DO - 10.1038/s41467-026-71453-5 UR - https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3402330 ID - 3402330 ER -