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Table 2 Abundance of microbial functional groups (indicated by PLFA biomarkers); total microbial biomass, bacteria, saprophytic fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, actinomycetes and fungal: bacterial ratio of three sampling zones (inside, ring-edge, and outside)

From: Assessing soil microbes that drive fairy ring patterns in temperate semiarid grasslands

 

Total (nmol g− 1 dry soil)

Bacteria (%)

Saprophytic (%)

AM fungi (%)

Actinomycetes (%)

F/B

Inside

32.35 ± 2.71

33.44 ± 0.55a

5.16 ± 0.19

2.11 ± 0.19a

2.62 ± 0.19

0.15 ± 0.0005

Ring-edge

38.19 ± 0.72

30.77 ± 0.63ab

5.27 ± 0.11

1.88 ± 0.03ab

2.72 ± 0.15

0.17 ± 0.005

Outside

37.45 ± 1.00

29.46 ± 0.55b

6.74 ± 0.85

1.53 ± 0.04b

2.74 ± 0.04

0.23 ± 0.03

  1. Different letters indicate significant difference in Duncan’s multiple range tests reported from one-way (p < 0.05)