Response of the Abundance of Key Soil Microbial Nitrogen-Cycling Genes to Multi-Factorial Global Changes

Ximei Zhang; Wei Liu; Michael Schloter; Guangming Zhang; Quansheng Chen; Jianhui Huang; Linghao Li; James J. Elser; Xingguo Han

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076500

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Response of the Abundance of Key Soil Microbial Nitrogen-Cycling Genes to Multi-Factorial Global Changes

Ximei Zhang,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wei Liu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Michael Schloter,

Affiliation Environmental Genomics, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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Guangming Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Quansheng Chen,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Jianhui Huang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Linghao Li,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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James J. Elser ,

* E-mail: j.elser@asu.edu (JJE); xghan@ibcas.ac.cn (XH)

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Xingguo Han

* E-mail: j.elser@asu.edu (JJE); xghan@ibcas.ac.cn (XH)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Response of the Abundance of Key Soil Microbial Nitrogen-Cycling Genes to Multi-Factorial Global Changes

Ximei Zhang,
Wei Liu,
Michael Schloter,
Guangming Zhang,
Quansheng Chen,
Jianhui Huang,
Linghao Li,
James J. Elser,
Xingguo Han

Published: October 4, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076500

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