Figure 3: Influence of substrate and clay type on soil microbial communities and microbial growth efficiency. | Nature Communications

Figure 3: Influence of substrate and clay type on soil microbial communities and microbial growth efficiency.

From: Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

Figure 3

Substrate treatment differences in the relative abundance (RA) of fungi (a), Gram-negative bacteria (b), Gram-positive bacteria (c) at 15 months, and microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) for kaolinite (d) and montmorillonite (e) model soils. The CUE values (d,e) are for 9 and 15 months of incubation. Significant substrate treatment effects are within clay type or within time and are indicated by different letters (ANOVA: P<0.05). Error bars represent one s.e. (experimental replication n=5).

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