Research Article

Effect of Freeze-Thaw on a Midtemperate Soil Bacterial Community and the Correlation Network of Its Members

Table 1

Soil MBN (mg N kg−1 dry soil), PA (mg tyrosine kg−1 dry soil h−1), and NRA (µg -N/g dry soil day−1) for all of the treatments.

Amplitude testFrequency testSWC test
15F9F3FCon15TF6TF1TF10PF10PC30PF30PC

MBN1.89 (0.17) c2.18 (0.12) c2.77 (0.07) b3.50 (0.85) a4.85 (0.24) b5.41 (0.21) a2.79 (0.02) c2.32 (0.14) b2.28 (0.02) b2.86 (0.26) a3.10 (0.10) a
PA115.9 (4.9) b205.7 (6.6) a130.4 (8) b120.8 (3.4) b154.2 (2.6) a132.1 (2.7) b118.0 (0.5) c102.5 (4.8) c100.7 (3.6) c179.9 (1.1) b221.2 (6.9) a
NRA1.33 (0.00) a1.22 (0.01) b0.95 (0.01) c1.17 (0.03) b1.05 (0.01) b1.19 (0.03) a0.95 (0.01) c1.32 (0.02) a1.24 (0.02) b1.08 (0.05) d1.19 (0.00) c

Values are given as the mean (SD), n=4.
MBN, PA, and NRA indicate microbial biomass nitrogen, protease activity, and nitrate reductase activity, respectively.
Different letters indicate significant differences among the treatments in each test (Tukey’s HSD test, n=4) at P < 0.05.