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The kernel density estimate (KDE) of buoyant density shifts resulting from \textsuperscript{13}C-assimilation reveal that cellulose responders exhibit a significantly (wilcox rank sum; p\textless...) greater buoyant density shift than xylose responders (\href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/3612/master/file/figures/shift_and_rabund2/shift_and_rabund2.png}{Fig. 3A}). A density profile for each responder is generated for the experimental and control treatment at each of the sampling time points using relative abundances from sequence libraries (Fig Sx). The difference in center of mass for each set of density profiles (control and experimental) is measured (supp. MM) and each KDE curve represents the collection of density shifts calculated for all responders in the \textsuperscript{13}C-cellulose or \textsuperscript{13}C-xylose treatment (\href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/3612/master/file/figures/shift_and_rabund2/shift_and_rabund2.png}{Fig. 3A}). We observe xylose utilizers having a smaller density shift (\textless0.02 gmL\textsuperscript{-1}) than cellulose utilizers (0.005-0.03 gmL\textsuperscript{-1}), with few exceptions.   Most xylose responders are found at higher rank abundances than cellulose responders, which fall among the rarer taxa in the tail of the RA curve (Fig 3B). This demonstrates that many taxa important to cellulose cycling are present in the rarer fraction of the overall microbial community and may be difficult or unable to detect in bulk community sequencing efforts. Additionally, the transitions in abundances of responders is difficult to discern in the bulk community abundances (\href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/8459/master/file/figures/xylose_resp_profiles/xylose_resp_profiles.png}{Figs. Sx},\href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/8459/master/file/figures/cellulose_resp_profiles/cellulose_resp_profiles.png}{& Sx } \href{https://authorea.com/users/3537/articles/8459/master/file/figures/cellulose_resp_profiles/cellulose_resp_profiles.png}{&  Sy}). For example, the increase in Bacteroidetes in the xylose treatment at day 3 is not captured by the bulk community abundances. In another instance, the increased response from Proteo- and Actinobacterial OTUs at day 7 is also observed in the bulk community analysis as a marginal increase, yet it would be difficult to differentiate that change from natural variation or methodological noise.