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\textit{Cellulose}. In contrast with xylose responders, there were only three \textsuperscript{13}C-cellulose responders detected within the first 7 days of incubation and 46 for days 14 and 30. An average 16\% of the \textsuperscript{13}C-cellulose added was respired within the first 7 days, 38\% by day 14 (d14), and 60\% by day 30 (d30). The earliest responders detected for \textsuperscript{13}C-cellulose assimilation were Cellvibrio in Proteobacteria and a novel clade in Chloroflexi (\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/3537/articles/3612/master/file/figures/l2fc_fig1/l2fc_fig.pdf}{Figs. 2}, \href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/8459/master/file/figures/l2fc_fig_pVal/l2fc_fig_pVal.png}{& S4}). At day 14, 55\% of the responders belong to Proteobacteria (65\% Alpha-, 23\% Gamma-, and 12\% Beta-), 13\% Chloroflexi, 13\% Planctomycetes, 10\% Verrucomicrobia, 6\% Actinobacteria, and 3\% Cyanobacteria.  All cellulose responders for day 30 (n = 15) had been identified as responders at earlier time points in this study except two; a Deltaproteobacteria (Sandaracinaceae family) and a Bacteroidetes (Cytophagaceae family). While there are known cellulose degraders in the Bacteroidetes Cytophagaceae family, there are currently no known cellulose degraders in the Sandaracinaceae family although its sister family Polyangiaceae has known cellulose degraders (\cite{Reichenbach_2006}, Bergey's ISBN:978-0-387-24145-6). \cite{Reichenbach_2006, boone2001bergeys2}.  Throughout the time series, cellulose responders with the greatest enrichment were Verrucomicrobia (Verrucomicrobiaceae), Chloroflexi, Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria (Cellvibrio, Brevundimonas, Stenotrophomonas, Devosia), and Planctomycetes (Planctomycetaceae) (\href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/3612/master/file/figures/bacteria_tree/bacteria_tree.png}{Fig. 4}). Verrucomicrobia, a phylum found to be ubiquitous and in high abundance in soil \cite{Fierer_2013}, have been noted for degradation of polysaccharides in soil, aquatic, and anoxic rice patty soils \cite{Fierer_2013,Herlemann_2013,10543821}. In this study, Verrucomicrobia comprise ~11\% of the total cellulose responder OTUs detected (\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/3537/articles/3612/master/file/figures/l2fc_fig1/l2fc_fig.pdf}{Figs. 2}, \href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/8459/master/file/figures/l2fc_fig_pVal/l2fc_fig_pVal.png}{S4}, \href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/8459/master/file/figures/cellulose_resp_profiles/cellulose_resp_profiles.png}{S6}) most of which belong to the uncultured FukuN18 clade originally identified in freshwater lakes \cite{Parveen_2013}. Yet the largest enrichment measured (l2fc = 3.7) during the whole time series for \textsuperscript{13}C-cellulose assimilation was by an uncultured Verrucomicrobia in the Verrucomicrobiaceae family on d14 (\href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/3612/master/file/figures/bacteria_tree/bacteria_tree.png}{Fig. 4}).