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Abbreviations
ACC
1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate
ACCD
1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase
AMF
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
ARISA
Automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis
BLAST
Basic local alignment search tool
CARD
Catalysed reporter deposition
CDSs
Coding sequences
CH 4
Methane
CLP
Cyclic lipopeptides
CNVs
Copy number variants
CO 2
Carbon dioxide
COGs
Clusters of orthologs groups
DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DGGE
Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DTT
Dithiothreitol
FACS
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
FAME
Fatty acid methyl esters
FASP
Filter-aided sample preparation
FGA
Functional gene arrays
FISH
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
GC-MS
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
GHGs
Greenhouse gases
GOLD
Genomes Online Database
GOS
Global Ocean Sample
HCH
Hexachlorocyclohexane
IAA
Indole acetic acid
ITS
Internal transcribed spacer
KEGG
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
LC
Liquid chromatography
LC-MS
Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry