Geochip-based analysis of microbial communities in alpine meadow soils in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

BMC Microbiology

Table 3 The detected gene probes number involving in carbon and nitrogen cycling

Gene category	Detected No. of probes	Detected gene probes number in different sampling sites
		SJY-GH	SJY-DR	SJY-QML	SJY-CD	SJY-ZD	SJY-YS
Carbon cycling	823	466	359	300	207	232	228
Carbon fixation	202	108	81	83	52	54	46
Carbon degradation	567	336	252	196	145	160	162
Strarch	161	91	66	54	39	45	43
Cellulose	63	41	24	23	16	14	22
Hemicellulose	105	61	55	38	27	27	27
Lignin	76	53	37	31	23	22	23
Chitin	90	49	36	24	20	34	23
Pectin	12	7	6	5	0	2	3
Others	60	34	28	21	20	16	21
Methane production	18	6	6	5	3	8	5
Methane oxidation	36	16	20	16	7	10	15
Nitrogen cycling	754	433	366	287	195	206	199
Nitrogen fixation	224	116	108	79	52	56	62
Denitrification	372	222	185	143	97	100	96
Nitrification	17	7	8	4	3	4	2
Dissimilatory N reduction	51	34	24	18	12	20	15
Assimilatory N reduction	27	11	7	14	8	7	9
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation	63	43	34	29	23	19	15

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