A Tale of Many Fractured Shales: Environmental Conditions Shape the Taxonomic and Functional Biogeography Across 9 Geologically Distinct Shale Formations

Mikayla Borton1, Rebecca Daly2, Kaela K Amundson1, David W Hoyt3, Sue Welch4, Elizabeth K Eder5, Julie Sheets6, Richard A Wolfe7, David R Cole6, Thomas Darrah8, Ken Wunch9, Joseph D Moore10, Michael J Wilkins11 and Kelly Wrighton2, (1)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Soil and Crop Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (4)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (6)The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States, (7)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (8)Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, (9)DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, DuPont Microbial Control, Wilmington, DE, United States, (10)DuPont Company Wilmington, Wilmington, United States, (11)Colorado State University, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Fort Collins, United States