April 24, 2024 Steven, B., J. Belnap and C. R. Kuske. 2018. Chronic physical disturbance substantially alters the response of biological soil crusts to a wetting pulse, as characterized by metatranscriptomic sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2382. Home » Steven, B., J. Belnap and C. R. Kuske. 2018. Chronic physical disturbance substantially alters the response of biological soil crusts to a wetting pulse, as characterized by metatranscriptomic sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2382.