Abstract. Human activities cause a global loss of soil microbiome diversity and functionality. One way to reverse this trend is through microbiota transpla

The aggregated analysis of a large set of metagenomic sequenced samples enables the accumulation of information on the typical abundances and environments in which unknown or poorly studied microbial taxa are present. This provides a first line of information on the types of environments unknown microbial taxa are often found in and enables the inference of their abilities.